Brazil instructors questioned after woman thrown from bridge without safety rope
Ynetnews • • world
Key Points:
- Three extreme-sport instructors in São Paulo, Brazil, were arrested after a 21-year-old woman, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, was fatally thrown from a 35-meter bridge during a bungee-style jump without being attached to the safety rope.
- One instructor admitted he and a colleague were responsible for attaching the rope but could not recall how the mistake happened, while another denied responsibility, claiming he only helped lift the victim before the jump.
- The jump was conducted at an abandoned bridge popular for unsupervised extreme sports, with the instructors operating independently without formal company oversight, charging participants for jumps and GoPro footage.
- Investigators are searching for the GoPro camera de Freitas paid extra for, which may have recorded her final moments but is currently missing, raising suspicions that it might have been taken to hide evidence.
- Police are examining possible attempts by the instructors to tamper with evidence after the incident, and all three face manslaughter charges as the investigation continues.
