{"id":240088,"date":"2026-04-24T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/rising-soccer-star-and-influencer-plunges-to-death-in-viral-waterfall-jump-gone-wrong\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:09:33","slug":"rising-soccer-star-and-influencer-plunges-to-death-in-viral-waterfall-jump-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/rising-soccer-star-and-influencer-plunges-to-death-in-viral-waterfall-jump-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising soccer star and influencer plunges to death in viral waterfall jump gone wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Reyam Lucas<\/strong>, a <strong>27-year-old<\/strong> footballer for <strong>Soneca Paredao<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/lifestyle\/obituaries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a><\/strong> after jumping from a natural waterfall in <strong>Itubera<\/strong>, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/2026\/04\/13\/69dccdbb46163f0b548b456c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amateur player<\/a><\/strong>, who was also a content creator with more than 20,400 followers on <em>Instagram<\/em>, entered the water in the area known as <strong>Pancada Grande<\/strong>, a waterfall renowned for its height.<\/p>\n<p>After diving in, <strong>he did not return to the surface<\/strong>, which raised the alarm and a search operation was launched. After several hours of searching, his body was found in the same place.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Reyam Lucas died from possible accidental drowning<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities indicated that while <strong>initial indications point to a possible accidental drowning<\/strong> (he was probably swept away by the current and drowned), the case will be subjected to a formal autopsy to determine the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Pancada Grande waterfall is one of the best-known natural spots on the coast of Bahia and stands out for its height, which makes it a tourist attraction in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/2026\/04\/24\/69eb4b49ca4741920e8b45bf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reyam Lucas, a 27-year-old footballer for Soneca Paredao, died after jumping from a natural waterfall in Itubera, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The amateur player, who was also a content creator with more than 20,400 followers on Instagram, entered the water in the area known as Pancada Grande, a waterfall renowned for its height. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[147,1129,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-240088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-obituaries-english","10":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}