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Three rope-jumping instructors near São Paulo were arrested after a 21-year-old woman died when she was launched from an abandoned bridge without the safety ropes, with investigators saying the ropes were not attached; they face homicide charges with eventual intent as authorities probe who was responsible for verifying safety.
A 21-year-old woman died after two rope-jumping instructors launched her from Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, without securing her to safety equipment. Video shows her being launched into a 40-metre drop while bystanders urge the instructors to attach a safety line; the instructors wore harnesses but did not secure her. Three men linked to the rope-jump company have been arrested as police open a murder-probe into the incident.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after two rope-jumping instructors threw her from Ponte do Esqueleto in Limeira without securing her to safety gear, and she was buried Sunday in Sao Paulo state.