Instructor charged in horrific death of bungee jumper joked about throwing bodies off bridge: report
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, a Brazilian bungee jumping instructor charged in the death of Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, previously posted a video joking about throwing fake bodies off the same bridge where the fatal incident occurred.
- The 21-year-old victim died after being thrown off Skeleton Bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, without a safety rope during an illegal and unlicensed bungee jump stunt.
- Egoroff and two other instructors, Vitor de Freitas Gonçalves and Maicon Fernandes Cintra, claimed to have "blacked out" and do not remember who was responsible for securing the safety rope.
- The three accused were transferred to a different detention center for their protection and face 6 to 30 years in prison if convicted; two attempted to flee after the incident but were apprehended.
- Three additional employees were arrested but later released without charges, while public outrage has grown over a prior video showing the instructors making light of throwing bodies off the bridge.
