- Alma Bohadana suffered a 49-foot fall into a forested area in Rio de Janeiro
- The 22-year-old had been vacationing in Brazil for more than three months
An Israeli woman fell to her death while vacationing in Rio de Janeiro.
Alma Bohadana, 22, and another foreigner identified as Dan Hen were walking on a street in the Rio de Janeiro town of Santa Teresa on Monday when they were frightened by the sight of a motorcycle because they thought they were going to get robbed.
The pair took off running before Bohadana jumped over a wall and suffered a 49-foot fall into a forested area.
Paramedics pronounced the young woman dead at the scene.
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Hen, who was initially interviewed by police, did not say see if the person on the motorcycle was approaching them or if a weapon was brandished, Brazilian news outlet O Dia reported.
He was interrogated a second time and mentioned that a red vehicle approached them but a weapon was never flashed.
Hen was interviewed a third time and said that he and Bohadana had met at a hostel in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
Márcio da Silva told Brazilian news outlet G1 that he heard bystanders shouting for help and climbed down a hill to help the young woman.
‘When I arrived, she was already on the floor…