A 21-year-old woman has died in dramatic fashion, when two rope jump instructors threw her from a bridge in Brazil without harnessing her to security equipment.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was going rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practise extreme sports.
The young woman, who aspired to become a physical education teacher, had asked to be launched from the bridge aeroplane style, with two instructors hoisting her above their shoulders as she spread out her arms.
