A teenager died because of the poor English of
her bungee-jumping instructor, a court has
heard.
Vera Mol, 17, was told "no jump" by her
instructor but she thought the instructor said
"now jump", so she plunged to her untimely
death.
The sad incident occurred on the bridge of
Cabezon de la Sal, located in the northern
Spanish province of Cantabria back in 2015.
Vera was tied by the rope, but without being
secured to the bridge when she took the plunge.
The instructor, who has not been named, has
appeared in court accused of causing the Dutch
teen's death. Judges in the court of Cantabria,
northern Spain, say the instructor should have
checked for ID to make sure Vera was 18 years
old. the judge also added that the instructor's
English was "macarronico" (very bad). It is
reported that the instructor should have said
"don't jump" instead of "no jump".
The second issue raised by the judge was that
the bridge used for the bungee jumping was not
suitable under Spanish regulations. Flowtrack,
who run the bungee jumping company which
employed the man have said it was an accident.
Martijn Klom from the company said the girl's
death was caused by a misunderstanding.
No comments:
Post a Comment