In the investigation into the death of Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, during a rope jump in the interior of São Paulo, new documents were obtained after the instructors involved provided depoimento to the police. Second to the delegate responsible for the case, two men claim to have suffered a “shutdown” during the preparations for the activity and speech they cannot explain at what moment occurred the failure that resulted in a tragedy.
The accident occurred on Ponte do Esqueleto, between the municipalities of Limeira and Cordeirópolis. Maria Eduarda participated in the established modality as “aviãozinho”, in that people are secured by instructors before being launched. However, the safety cords that should be imprisoned by the body of young people are not fixed.
Delegate speaks about the instructors involved in the tragedy with Maria Eduarda
A gap of approximately 40 meters was recorded by people accompanying non-local activities. According to the police, three instructors were arrested in flagrante delicto for homicide with possible intent. During deposition, two of the reports will not be fired until the mooring stage has been completed.
These cords became precisely the main point of the investigations, since none of them have been placed. A third party alleged that only assistance was not launched and attempted to aggravate its responsibility for checking the equipment. “Tentou sits down with the responsibility of verifying everything. More é nítido, a écorda é grossa” , said the delegate.
Defensa two instructors demonstrated
The delegate also highlighted that, in an activity considered high risk, security procedures must have been granted several times before the jump. Other three cases involved in the organization of the event were supposed to be lost, but were released due to lack of elements that justified the imprisonment. In defense, two instructors affirmed that they have experience in practice and that this matter was the first fatality recorded after years of activity in the activity.
