Overview
- The jumper, 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, was launched from the Ponte do Equeleto in Limeira on Saturday and fell about 40 metres, with emergency crews pronouncing her dead at the scene.
- Multiple bystander and social media videos show crew carrying her to the edge while the main safety cord remained on the platform and onlookers shouting that the rope was not attached.
- Authorities detained six people at the scene and have arrested three men on accusations of homicide with dolus eventualis, a charge that alleges they acted despite awareness of a risk of death.
- Operators linked to the activity, including Entre Cordas and Ih Voei, have come under scrutiny as investigators collect witness statements, footage and equipment records to establish who failed to follow safety checks.
- Civil Police are leading a formal inquiry that will use forensics to assign liability and may trigger tighter oversight of private adventure operations and federal control of access to the bridge.