A thrill-seeking adventure in Brazil ended with the death of a 21-year-old woman on Saturday, June 13. And disturbing footage of the fatal bungee jumping accident has already gone viral. The clip shows staff tossing Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas over a bridge more than 100 feet high, without a safety cord attached. Latest reports say that local police have arrested at least six people following the shocking incident.
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21-Year-Old Reportedly Joked About Bungee Jumping Before Death
From X (formerly Twitter) to Instagram and Threads, a failed bungee jump is shocking viewers and sparking sympathy for the deceased 21-year-old. The video surfaced late Saturday and shows the woman, identified as Maria Eduarda Rodrigues, with her arms outstretched as three men lift her up. She’s wearing a helmet and what appears to be a harness. On the bridge, near the man lifting her by her feet, there’s a long rope. After getting her body in the air, two men walked her forward, toward the edge of the bungee jumping set-up. After a brief moment, they toss her over the edge with no attachments. Not even a second later, the two men and onlookers appeared to realize the alleged mistake—Maria’s harness wasn’t attached to any safety system.
According to PEOPLE and reports from Brazilian outlets, the incident happened on the Ponte do Esqueleto bridge, also known as Skeleton Bridge, in Limeira, São Paulo in Brazil. Media outlet G1 reports that she fell about 131 feet without a safety cord. According to TMZ, emergency crews and a police helicopter showed up after the fall, but Maria was pronounced dead on the scene. She was reportedly bungee jumping as part of a guided adventure package.
Meanwhile, another outlet named O Globo, reports that Maria Eduarda Rodrigues posted about bungee jumping on social media. Then, shortly afterward, she was tossed to her death.
“Who was the crazy person who let me jump off a bridge,” Maria reportedly wrote on IG Stories before her profile was allegedly taken down.
JUST IN: 21-year-old dies after workers forget to attach safety rope and push her off 40-meter bridge in São Paulo’s Limeira, Brazil pic.twitter.com/ceqniPJkUs
— Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) June 13, 2026
Authorities In Brazil Make Arrests In Connection To Maria Eduarda Rodrigues’ Death
O Globo and G1 have both reported arrested in connection to Maria’s death. Six people have allegedly been arrested following the incident. Police in Brazil reportedly arrested three of the six at the scene, charing them with homicide with implied malice. According to PEOPLE, the charge was applied because it refers to an incident where someone intentionally committed an inherently dangerous act with conscious disregard that led to a death. It’s unclear who the three others arrested are or what charges they face. However, Brazil’s Civil Police is still investigating the incident, per multiple outlets.
“It was a team there that wasn’t regulated; they didn’t even have authorization to be there,” Delegate Andrea Dantas Levy reportedly told G1. “They ended up organizing this event, and,” he contended, “this fatality happened today, in my perception, due to a failure to verify and supervise the placement of the rope on the victim’s jump.”
Separately, the Limeira City Council reportedly plans to file a complaint against Brazil’s federal government in connection to the fatal incident.
🔥🚨LATEST: Footage has released of the moment the 21-year-old woman was accidentally killed when Entre Cordas workers forgot to attach her safety rope and and threw her off the the “Skeleton Bridge” in Limeira, a city in Brazil’s São Paulo state. pic.twitter.com/HBPYXJxcfs
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) June 13, 2026
Defendants’ Lawyers Speak As Social Media Sounds Off About Shocking Footage
Lawyers for defendants in the case have allegedly defended the experience of the staff involved. Apparently, they are “very” experienced. The lawyers reportedly highlighted that this is the first death in years with the company behind the bungee jumping.
Meanwhile, social media is still in shambles over the shocking footage. Reactions include questions about how everyone, from the staff to the onlookers, didn’t notice Maria wasn’t attached to a rope or safety cord before going over the edge.
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