10 Unbelievable Details Surrounding Alexander Muznikas, The Rope-Jumping Instructor Who Was Sentenced To Prison For 4 Years After A Woman Falls To Her Death

6 /10 Failed Rope

A suspension cord was supposed to break the momentum of the fall, and the cross-line attached to the line should have kept her floating above the ground.

According to local reports, the person tasked with securing the supporting cord to a tree failed to perform his duty.

When Leontyeva crashed to the pavement, a man was seen falling to the ground. The man was supposed to fix the rope to a tree, but he held it by hand instead.

5 /10 Emergency Surgeries

Upon impact, Leontyeva suffered from multiple injuries to the head, including a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage. The right side of her body also sustained numerous broken bones.

She was still breathing at that moment and was rushed to the hospital. The doctors admitted her into emergency surgical procedures.

The surgeons performed a craniotomy and removed her hematoma. Every medical procedure performed on her didn’t help, and she finally succumbed to the injuries.

Yevgenia Leontyeva, a mother of three, died from a bungee jumping accident.

4 /10 Death By Negligence

Tkachenko was convinced the bungee jumping instructor caused the death of his wife.

He said the employees did not coordinate their work, Muzkinas failed to perform the last safety check before the jump, and the instructor simply told her to do it.

He was among the group who rushed Leontyeva to the hospital following the fall.

The judge acknowledged the matter, but the excellent gesture wasn’t enough to relieve him from blame. The damage was already done most appallingly.

3 /10 Experienced Jumper

Leontyeva was reportedly an experienced jumper, or at least had performed a bungee jump before. Shortly before the ill-fated stunt, some witnesses overheard Muzkinas telling Leontyeva it wasn’t her first time.

After a brief countdown, she reluctantly made the leap that ended up taking her life. She seemed excited about the activity based on her social media posts before the tragedy.

She mentioned the effect of living things up and flying on a social account. No one knew it would be her last ever jump.

2 /10 Ever-Present Risk

Bungee jumping has an inherent flaw. As soon as a jumper leaps, their life depends entirely on the harness system and suspension cord that prevents a free fall.

Negligence, just like an accident, can happen. A massive part of the instructor’s responsibility is to ensure safety; failure can result in the jumper’s death.

Any jumper must also understand the risk; blatant reliance on the instructor is never a good idea. Knowledge about the harness system is a must so that the jumper can double-check everything.

1 /10 Guilty As Charged

Muzkinas was found guilty of providing services that did not adhere to safety practices and causing death by negligence.

On July 28, 2022, he was sentenced to four years of imprisonment., and he would be serving his time at a medium-security prison.

Until now, Muzkinas remains the only person charged and convicted of the incident. No one else has been arrested or tried in connection with the accident.

His words about the involvement of other employees in the failed harness system have not been made a subject of investigation.