A 36-year-old tourist is hospitalized following he fell into the water while bungee jumping and his rope was cut. It happened this Saturday at the Cabra Corral dam in the province of Salta, and is stable.
As reported by El Tribuno, the 36-year-old man, identified as Martín Méndez, from Buenos Aires, jumped from a 40-meter bridge, and fell into the water following the safety rope that apparently was not attached to him failed. a carabiner
According to that local media, following the accident, the young man told the police that following falling into the mirror of water he felt a jolt from the rope and fell heavily into the water.
Immediately, he was helped by a boat at the scene, and was transferred first to the local hospital, where he was diagnosed with “polytrauma, hypothermia and muscle pain” and then to the San Roque clinic, where he remains hospitalized, stable.
In a viralized video, the moment of the fall is seen and it is heard how they yell at the man “Tincho is ready to throw himself… let’s go Tinn!”, following which moments of tension are experienced for what might have been a tragedy An employee of the company would have said that it was a “human error”.
The criminal prosecutor of Cerrillos, Federico Gabriel Portal, intervenes in the incident and requested a complaint from the victim and the medical report on his state of health. From the prosecution it was reported that the Extreme Games company was authorized to operate.
“The investigative task was completed yesterday, with the corresponding ocular inspection and photographic shots, verifying the state of the equipment, in addition to the testimony of people who witnessed what happened,” they explained from the Public Prosecutor’s Office in a statement. In addition, the person in charge of the activity at that time and the owner of the company were identified.
