21-year-old woman dies after being launched off bridge without safety rope
Viral videos of the tragedy shared online show the anguish of onlookers when they realised the lady was launched off the Ponte do Esqueleto bridge in Brazil without the required safety rope. “She’s got no rope,” one witness to the accident is heard saying.
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