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Rope jumper falls to her death after staff ‘forget’ to attach safety cord
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Rope jumper falls to her death after staff ‘forget’ to attach safety cord

The 21-year-old woman fell to her death from a bridge in Brazil after staff overseeing her rope jump launched her over the edge without attaching a safety rope.

  • by Henry Samuel

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‘We adored him’: Family mourns police officer who died after 400-metre fall on Peru’s Inca trail

‘We adored him’: Family mourns police officer who died after 400-metre fall on Peru’s Inca trail

Victorian police officer Matthew Paton died while trekking with a group on the way to Machu Picchu.

  • by Alexander Darling