vera mol , a 17 - year - old from the netherlands , was standing on a 130 - foot - high bridge on spain ’s death .
a spanish bungee jumping instructor 's " poor english " contributed to the 2015 death of a dutch teenager who leaped from a bridge before her rope was attached , a judge has said , ruling his employer will face prosecution .
a 17 - year - old girl who died after a botched bungee jump from a bridge in spain was killed in part because of her instructor ’s “ poor english ” , a court has ruled .
dutch national vera mol died in august 2015 when she went bungee jumping with a group of teenagers outside cabezón de la sal , in spain ’s northern region of cantabria .
bungee jumping from the road bridge is banned under spanish regulation .
vera mol , 17 , died in august 2015 when she jumped from a viaduct on a highway in cantabria as part of a group trip organised by a local adventure sports company .
this month , an appeals court in cantabria , in northern spain , upheld a ruling that the instructor for aqua21 aventura , the company that had organized the bungee jump in august 2015 , could face criminal charges , including accidental homicide , should prosecutors decide to proceed with the case .
the teenager ’s death could have heard as “ now jump .
“ the use of the poor english ‘ no jump ’ could perfectly well be understood as an explicit order to jump by the victim , ” the judgement read .