Teen jumps to her death

A TEENAGER plummeted 39 metres to her death after misunderstanding the “poor English” of her bungee jump instructor, a Spanish court heard.

Dutch tourist Vera Mol was told “no jump” by her instructor, but she thought he had given the order “now jump”. The rope was attached to the 17-yearold’s feet, but it had not yet been secured to the bridge when she leapt.

She plunged to her death in the Cedeja River in northern Spain after hitting a dry river bed. A friend, who had climbed down to take photos of the jumps, was just 1.8m away when she hit the ground. Joost van der Valk, the father of one of Mol’s friends, told a Dutch newspaper that the instructors tried to stop the group from calling the police.

The instructor, who has not been named, has appeared in a Spanish court on homicide charges. Judges in the court of Cantabria, northern Spain, say the instructor should have checked for ID to make sure Mol was 18 years old. – Daily Mail