Woman who died after rope-jumping instructors failed to attach cord buried in Brazil

Three men have been arrested after instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge.

Woman, 21, dies after being thrown from Brazil rope jump bridge without harness

Instructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipment A 21-year-old woman who died when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, has been buried in Brazil’s São Paulo state. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practice extreme sports. The young woman, who aspir...

By Associated Press in São Paulo

Brazilian woman killed after being thrown off bridge without rope is buried in Sao Paulo

A 21-year-old woman who died in dramatic fashion, when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, was buried on Sunday in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was going rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practice extreme sports. The young woman, who aspired to become a physical education teacher, had asked to be launched from the...

By Associated Press

Woman who fell to her death in rope-jumping tragedy is buried in Brazil

Officials have launched an investigation that could lead to murder charges

By Summer Woolley

Woman, 21, Dies In Bungee Jump Accident In Brazil, Her Last Social Media Post Shocks Internet

Video from the scene shows staff members carrying Freitas to the edge and throwing her over. She was only wearing a helmet.

Woman thrown to her death after staff ‘forget to attach bungee cord’

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was killed at an abandoned railway bridge in Limeira, Sao Paulo, in front of horrified witnesses

By Henry Samuel