A 26-year-old Briton has died after he fell from a bridge in Spain when he climbed it to film content for a social media stunt, authorities said on Monday.
The unidentified man was with another Briton, aged 24, when he plunged to his death on Sunday morning from the cable-stayed ‘Castilla-La Mancha Bridge’ in Talavera de la Reina (in the region of Castilla-La Mancha), about 110 kilometres southwest of Madrid, the city council said.
‘As far as we have been able to learn, they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social media, which has resulted in this disastrous and sad outcome,’ Talavera city councillor for public security Macarena Muñoz said.
‘We have reiterated on many occasions that it must not be done under any circumstances,’ said Muñoz.
The tragedy happened at around 7.15 am on Monday. National Police as well as local town-hall employed firefighters rushed to the scene with paramedics but there was nothing they could do to save the Brit.
The bridge where the incident occurred is the second-highest in Europe as well as being the highest in Spain, standing at 192 metres high.
Spanish media said it had rained heavily in Talavera before the accident, which may have caused the bridge to be slippery.
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