Baños Ecuador: Man dies in bungee jumping accident

lahora.come.ec (machine translated) At approximately 1:00 pm today an accident was reported on the San Francisco Bridge in Baños de Agua Santa . Supposedly a young man of 23 years of age was practicing Bungee Jumping and the moment of launching of the bridge the rope was very long, reason why it was hit in the ground by the river Pastaza. The approximate height that fell is 25 meters. Members of the National Police of the Bath Firefighting Corps gathered at the scene to attend the young man , who was taken to the hospital to be treated, however, minutes after his admission, his death was confirmed. According to information from witnesses who were in the place the young man would have hired a tour operator to make the jump. Read Article Ecuavisa.com also reported the victim was an off duty police officer and that two people conducting the jump were taken into custody.

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