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.