In Kazakhstan, a married mother of three spent four years as a jump rope instructor after falling from a height of 100 feet in front of her horrified husband.
Alexander Muznikas, 33, died at a rope jumping attraction in Karaganda, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 10, 2021, after Evgenia Leontyeva, 33, died. Judgment was handed down.
Muznicas, who was convicted of providing services that did not meet safety regulations and causing death due to negligence, said in court that he categorically rejected the prosecution's charges against him.
The Russian-language news site eKaraganza.kz reported that Mr. Muznikas told the court: "My actions were never intended to hurt anyone, let alone hurt anyone." It didn't cause death," he said.
Muznikas also resented that he was the only one to be tried in connection with the woman's death.
Malfunction and tragedy I would like to add that I was not the one who developed the system that led to the
Leontyeva's husband emotionally described how he witnessed her fall to her death.
"My wife was crushed in front of her," said Tkachenko.
In harrowing cell phone footage, Tkachenko can be heard shouting "I love you!" to his wife in Russian. Followed by the screams of shocked bystanders seconds before her body hits the concrete pavement.
Leontyeva hesitates to jump off the roof of the Hotel Constellation. So before, the prosecutor said.
She let a female friend go ahead and the "jump rope" jump was successful, the court said last week.
Witnesses said Leontyeva looked "frightened" but heard instructor Mznicas urging her to jump.
85} I overheard him telling a woman: you know how to do that. Did I give you a safety harness for free?According to reports, Leontyeva was then seen on video jumping off the roof, crashing to the ground, and slamming into an iron fence.
The crossline to which her rope was attached—which was supposed to arrest her Leontieva's fall and suspend her above the ground—was either unholdable or unfastened.
Recordings show a man falling to the ground.
It is believed that he was holding onto a safety leash that was supposed to be attached to the tree, and that Leontyeva's force of her 100-foot drop pulling on the loose rope caused him to fall to the floor. I fell.
Leontyeva suffered a severe skull fracture and brain injury, Multiple fractures on the right side of her body. She was taken to hospital, but she died as her surgeon tried to save her.
Tkachenko, speaking outside court, blamed the staff running the jump rope attraction for his wife's death.
"They were not coordinating their actions," said the widower. "The instructor didn't look down at her to make sure the rope was tied. He just told her: 'Jump!' I don't want this on anyone." Hmm. he is guilty ''
Currently, Tkachenko has to raise his three sons, ages 8, 11 and 12, alone.
