Woman falls to death in bungee jumping accident

A 20-year-old woman died in a bungee jumping accident when the belt securing her to the cord broke and she fell 50 metres, firefighters said today.

Law student Leticia Sanatrem Amaro Rodrigues was among a group of about 20 people who planned to bungee jump from a railroad bridge in Uberlandia, some 440 miles north-west of Rio de Janeiro.