Mum heard two tragic words as she plunges to her death on bungee jump

A mother fell 100ft to her death during a disastrous bungee jump which ended in heartbreak as her husband watched on helplessly.

Yevgenia Leontyeva, 33, died while taking part in the “free-flying” extreme sport in Kazakhstan, with instructor Alexander Muznikas subsequently sentenced to four years in prison following the dreadful incident.

Her husband, Alexander Tkachenko, was forced to witness the devastating moment his wife lost her life before him, a court in Kazakhstan heard. He said: “My wife was crushed before my eyes.”

The mother allowed her friend to jump first, and that “rope free-flying” leap proved successful, the court in Karaganda was told in 2022, according to News. com. au, reports the Irish Mirror.

Witnesses stated that Yevgenia appeared “afraid” – yet they heard the instructor urging her to jump regardless. The instructor said: “It’s not the first time you’ve jumped. You know how to do it. Did I put a safety harness on you for nothing?”.

She is then seen in a deeply distressing video leaping from the rooftop moments after her husband Alexander Tkachenko told her “I love you”.

The 33-year-old subsequently struck an iron fence on the ground after a supporting rope had not been correctly secured to a tree.

Screams rang out from onlookers on the roof while those watching from below were seen rushing to her assistance following the catastrophic fall. A cross-line to which her rope was attached – and which was supposed to break her fall leaving her suspended above the ground – failed to hold.

According to local reports, a man was seen collapsing to the ground as she plummeted towards the earth.

He is understood to have been gripping the safety line which should have been secured to the tree, and was knocked off his feet by the force of her descent pulling on the unfastened rope.

Her devastated husband said: “After her fall, I knelt beside her. He [the instructor] came, but I don’t remember what happened then. She was still breathing.

“I came to support my wife. My wife was crushed before my eyes – I was in shock and panic. It was clearly the employee’s fault.

“They did not coordinate their actions. The instructor didn’t look down to make sure the rope was tied. I don’t wish this on anyone, and he must serve time in jail. This, of course, will not return my spouse and mother of my children….”

The mother suffered a severe skull fracture, brain injuries, and multiple right-sided fractures. She was rushed to hospital but tragically succumbed to her injuries shortly afterwards.

A friend of the victim, Anton Shevelev, told the court he had requested the instructor remove the harness as Yevgania was “afraid to jump” and they would “go home”. Nevertheless, Muznikas persuaded her to go ahead with the jump, he said.

Yevgenia had three boys under 14, two of her own, and the son of a relative who had passed away. Prior to the tragedy, Yevgenia and her companion had shared posts on social media reading ‘Live it up’ and ‘We’re going to fly’.

Muznikas was convicted of supplying services that fell short of safety standards and causing death through negligence, receiving a four-year custodial sentence.