A 21-year-old woman dies after a rope-jumping incident in Brazil in which police say instructors did not secure her to safety equipment. Multiple outlets report that the woman was launched from a bridge during a commercial or guided rope-jump in São Paulo state. Witness footage of the incident circulates online and becomes part of the investigation. According to police statements cited by international media, an investigator says the woman was not tied or attached to any safety apparatus at the time of the jump. Other reports describe the failure as a safety cord or harness being left unattached. In response to the death, Brazilian authorities arrest three men connected to the rope-jumping operation. The case is treated as an accident with potential negligence, and further details on charges or the full sequence of events are not provided in the summaries. The incident is widely covered as a tragedy involving extreme sports safety procedures.
Three arrested after woman dies in Brazil rope-jumping accident over safety cord
A 21-year-old woman dies after a rope-jumping incident in Brazil in which police say instructors did not secure her to safety equipment. Multiple outlets report that the woman was launched from a brid...
- Brazilian police say a 21-year-old woman dies after a rope-jumping incident from a bridge in São Paulo state.
- Police statements say the woman was not attached to any safety equipment at the time of the jump.
- Reports describe the safety cord/harness as not being secured by instructors.
- Three men linked to the rope-jumping operation are arrested over the incident.
- Video of the jump goes viral and is referenced in coverage of the investigation.
BBC A woman has died in what appears to be a tragic extreme sports accident in Brazil. Three men have been arrested over the incident, in which instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge in São Paulo state. Footage went viral over the weekend of Maria Eduarda […] The post Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach safety cord appeared first on NewZimbabwe.com.
6 hours agoA Brazilian police investigator says that a 21-year-old woman who died in a rope jumping incident over the weekend was not attached to any safety equipment
12 hours agoThree arrested after rope jumper falls to her death in Brazil The IndependentBrazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cord BBCWoman, 21, dies after being thrown from Brazil rope jump bridge without harness The GuardianRope jumper falls to her death after staff ‘forget to attach safety cord’ The TelegraphWoman dies after being thrown from bridge without secured bungee cord in Brazil NBC News
17 hours agoA young woman died in Brazil after being launched off a bridge for a rope jump without a safety cord, police said Sunday.
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