A woman fell to her death after staff allegedly forgot to attach a safety cord before she bungee jumped from a bridge in Brazil.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was thrown from the Ponte do Esqueleto, known as Skeleton Bridge, in the municipality of Limeira, São Paulo, while participating in a bungee jump on Saturday, June 13, according to the Brazilian outlets G1 and Folha de Pernambuco.
A video posted on social media showed the moment that de Freitas, 21, was carried by staff members toward the edge of the bridge and thrown over while wearing a helmet, per the outlets.
After she fell, a witness filming pointed to the rope left behind on the ground and shouted, âGuys, the rope!â
A total of six people were brought in for questioning in connection with de Freitasâ fatal fall, a representative for the SĂŁo Paulo government confirmed to PEOPLE.
Three men â ages 27, 32 and 42 â were arrested at the scene and charged with homicide with implied malice.
âIt was a team there that wasnât regulated; they didnât even have authorization to be there,â Delegate Andrea Dantas Levy reportedly told G1 . âThey ended up organizing this event, and,â he contended, âthis fatality happened today, in my perception, due to a failure to verify and supervise the placement of the rope on the victimâs jump.â
The defendantsâ defense attorneys said that they are very experienced on the job and that this was the first fatality in years with the company, per G1.
The Limeira City Council is filing a complaint against the Brazilian federal government following the incident, according to the outlet.
âIt is necessary to determine responsibility for the lack of access control to a federal area that has presented known risks for years and still lacks the necessary protection measures,â said the mayor of Limeira, Murilo FĂ©lix, per The Mirror U.K.