Woman killed and man left seriously injured after bungee jump goes wrong

The 28-year-old was doing a tandem dive with her boyfriend at the popular spot in Audincthun, near St Omer, in the Pas de Calais.

Giving details of the accident, a source close to the investigation explained that the couple climbed to the top of the crane before leaping off in what should have been a routine tandem jump.

But, tragically, something went wrong with the mechanism halfway through, sending the couple plummeting to the ground.

They told Le Parisien newspaper: "The couple went to the top of crane, 65 metres high, to do a bungee jump.

"During the jump, around 15 metres from the ground, there was a dysfunction with the fastening system and both fell heavily to the ground."

The woman, who has not yet been named, was confirmed dead around 6pm.

Her boyfriend was rushed to hospital in an extremely critical condition.

The two operators of the bungee crane are ‘under investigation for manslaughter following the death of a client’, according the police.

Prosecutor Sébastien Piève said: "Clearly there was a problem with the fixing of the couple to the rope.

"We will see if it was caused by human error, or a problem with the equipment or a combination of the two."

Our thoughts are with the families of those involved in this tragic accident.