Overview
- A 21-year-old woman, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, was launched from Ponte do Esqueleto in Limeira on Saturday and fell about 40 metres, with emergency crews pronouncing her dead at the scene.
- Multiple social‑media videos and eyewitnesses show staff carrying her to the platform while the safety rope remained coiled on the ground and bystanders can be heard shouting that she was not secured.
- Brazil’s Civil Police opened a criminal investigation, referred the case to Limeira’s 2nd Police District, and three men have been arrested and charged with homicide with implied malice.
- Investigators are examining who performed final safety checks, whether the operator had authorisation to run jumps at the abandoned federal bridge, and forensic evidence including the videos and equipment.
- Local officials point to a history of accidents at the site and have urged federal control of access, and the case could prompt tighter oversight of commercial adventure activities if prosecutors link negligence or lack of permits to the death.