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Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after being launched from the Skeleton bridge in Limeira, Brazil, without a bungee cord attached. Three bungee workers, including Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, have been charged with homicide following the incident.
Three bungee workers have been charged with homicide and were detained after an alleged attempt to flee the area following the incident. The investigation is ongoing, with authorities reviewing footage and witness statements to establish the sequence of events leading up to the launch of Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas.
This is a tragic incident that has shocked the global community, especially in South America. Family members and the local community are mourning her loss, with calls for stricter safety regulations in the bungee jumping industry.
What remains unclear — It is uncertain who was responsible for attaching the safety rope to Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas before her jump.
Bungee instructor seen performing jumps with children amid fatal incident
Footage shows a man, believed to be Egoroff, preparing to jump off the Skeleton bridge with a child clinging onto him and attached to a bungee rope (Picture: Instagram)
A bungee instructor accused of throwing a young woman to her death without a jump cord has been pictured performing stunts with children.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after she was launched from the Skeleton bridge in Limeira, Brazil, on Saturday, without the crucial bungee cord attached to her.
The three men who allegedly failed to attach the safety rope said previously they ‘can’t remember’ who was meant to put it on.
Bungee workers Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, 32, Maicon Fernandes Cintra, 42, and Vitor de Freitas Goncalves, 27, allegedly didn’t clip on Maria’s safety rope.
Egoroff and a child, both attached to harnesses and the rope, are seen jumping off the bridge (Picture: Instagram)
The bungee instructor is seemingly preparing for a jump with another child (Picture: Instagram)
Three charged with homicide
They have been charged with homicide after being detained following an alleged attempt to flee Limeira.
The 24 year who lost her life on a bungee jump
Footage has surfaced appearing to show Egoroff perform bungee stunts with children off the Skeleton bridge as part of his job.
One clip from 2023 shows a child wearing a helmet and a harness clinging onto a man believed to be Egoroff before he jumps down from the edge of the bridge.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas died after the elastic bungee rope was not clipped onto her harness (Picture: Instagram)
The moment the workers launched Maria, who is stretched out in the ‘superman’ pose, from the bridge’s edge
In other footage shared on social media, Egoroff performs a backflip off the same location by himself.
Workers are also seen launching other customers with ropes attached from the ‘superman’ pose into the air.
Ms Rodrigues de Freitas had been excited about her trip beforehand, which involved doing a bungee jump.
She posted a picture of the rope operator Entre Cordas’s banner and caption ‘Who was the crazy person who let me jump off a bridge?’
The mum of Ms Rodrigues de Freitas said at her funeral on Sunday: ‘That damned rope took you away from me forever.
‘My beloved daughter, you are gone, and all that remains here is pain and longing. I will love you forever.’
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