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- Jun 16
Brazil police hunt missing GoPro as three held over fatal rope jump claim memory lapse
A 21-year-old woman died after instructors failed to attach her safety rope during a rope jump in Brazil. Police are now searching for the victim’s missing GoPro that may have captured the fatal plunge.
- Jun 15
Brazil files homicide charges after woman thrown from bridge without rope in rope-jumping tragedy
Three men in Brazil have been charged with intentional homicide after Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, was thrown from a 40-metre bridge without a safety rope during a rope-jumping event at Ponte do Esqueleto in Limeira, São Paulo.
- Jun 15
Brazilian police arrest three instructors after rope jump death of 21-year-old woman left unsecured
Police in São Paulo state say three instructors failed to attach a safety rope to Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas before launching her from an abandoned bridge. The 21-year-old fell 30 to 40 metres and died at the scene.
- Jun 14
Bungee jump goes fatally wrong in Brazil as rope not secured, woman, 21, plunges 40 metres
A 21-year-old woman fell 40 metres to her death from a bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, after the organisers failed to attach the safety rope. Six people have been arrested as authorities investigate the incident.
- Jun 14
Instructors forget safety rope, 21-year-old dies in 40-metre fall from bridge in Brazil
A 21-year-old woman died after being thrown off a bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, when instructors failed to attach her safety rope during a rope jumping activity. Three men have been arrested for negligent homicide.