Teenage girl's bungee cord SNAPS during a 164ft jump as plunging into a river

This is the nail-biting moment a 17-year-old girl falls into a river after a bungee jump attempt goes wrong in Beijing, China.

Dramatic footage from August 18 shows the girl plunging from a platform some 50 metres (164 ft) high before the rope snaps.

She was taken to hospital immediately and was found to have no life-threatening injuries.According to People's Daily Online, the 17-year-old girl, from Tianjin, went bungee jumping at Shidu National Park in Fangshan district of Beijing on August 18.

The video clip shows her cord snapping after it rebounds twice during the jump above a river

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