Vera Mole plunged to her death (Picture: CEN)

A teenager fell to her death when she bungee jumped off a bridge without being secured to anything, after she misunderstood her instructor’s ‘very bad’ English, according to court papers.

Vera Mol, 17, allegedly misheard the man’s instruction of ‘no jump’ as ‘now jump’, because of his poor pronunciation and English skills.

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Now the instructor, who has not been named, has appeared in court accused of causing the Dutch girl’s death.

Judges in the court of Cantabria, northern Spain, described the instructor’s English as ‘macarronico’ or ‘very bad’.


The court heard how Ms Mol jumped from the bridge of Cabezon de la Sal, Cantabria in 2015.

Court papers say she believed the instructor said ‘now jump’ (Picture: Getty/Stock )

The instructor is alleged to have shouting ‘no jump’, but due to his poor pronunciation, the teenager believed he had said ‘now jump’ and threw herself from the ledge.



But the rope she was attached to was not to tied to anything else and she plunged to her death.

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It is reported that the instructor was supposed to have said ‘don’t jump’ instead of no jump’ to avoid communication problems.

Judges also say the instructor should have also checked for ID to make sure the teenager was 18 years old.

It was heard how tragic Vera Mol died after a misunderstanding during the jumping process.

The lower part of the bridge where the tragedy took place (Picture: JR GONZLEZ SOUTULLO)

The bridge is also not supposed to be used for bungee jumping, according to Spanish regulations.

Flowtrack, who run the bungee jumping company which employed the man have said it was an accident.

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Martijn Klom from the company said the girl’s death was caused by a misunderstanding when she was receiving instructions for the jump.

According to Mr Klom, the girl jumped when she was tied by the rope, but without being secured to the bridge.

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