Overview
- The accident occurred on Saturday, June 13, when staff at Ponte do Esqueleto in Limeira launched a 21-year-old woman, later identified as Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, apparently without attaching the main safety cord.
- Multiple videos and witness accounts show the woman being carried to the platform, the safety rope lying unused on the ground, and bystanders immediately shouting “the rope” after she was released.
- Emergency crews and bystanders attempted resuscitation but she was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was taken to the Legal Medical Institute for examination.
- Local authorities have detained several people connected to the activity—reports vary on the exact number—and Civil Police opened a criminal investigation to determine negligence and whether charges will follow.
- The death has focused scrutiny on the private operators named in coverage, the role of social media footage as evidence, and broader gaps in regulation and access control at the federal-area bridge that municipal officials say they will press to address.