A 17-year-old girl fell to her death after she bungee jumped off a bridge without being tied to anything. She reportedly misunderstood her instructor’s poor English, court papers said.
Vera Mol is said to have mistaken the instructor’s saying “no jump” as “now jump” due to his “very bad” English, as The Metro reported on Monday.
The instructor, who was not named, appeared in court and is accused of causing the Dutch girl’s death when she jumped from the bridge of Cabezon de la Sal in Cantabria in 2015.
In the court of Cantabria in northern Spain, it was heard that the instructor should have checked for an ID to make sure the girl was 18 years old. Judges added that his English was “macarronico,” translating to “very bad,” MailOnline reported.
Vera Mol, as seen in a tweet Twitter/screenshot
