A 26-year-old British man trying to climb a pylon on Spain’s tallest bridge for social media plunged a whole bunch of ft to his dying, native authorities stated.
The person, who has but to be named by police, was accompanied by a good friend as he tried climbing the Castilla-La Mancha bridge, in Talavera de la Reina, on Sunday, native metropolis councilor Macarena Muñoz stated in a press release.
“In keeping with what we’ve got been capable of finding out, they’d come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content material for social media, which has resulted on this unlucky and unhappy consequence,” Muñoz stated.
Authorities stated the incident occurred early Sunday morning, with Spanish media suggesting the bridge was doubtless slippery following rain within the area.
The person’s physique has been faraway from the scene and brought to a close-by funeral dwelling by a coroner, town council stated.
A spokesperson from the International, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace stated the person’s household has been notified of his dying.
“We’re supporting the household of a British man who has died in Spain and are involved with the native authorities,” the workplace stated in a press release.
Standing at 630 ft, the Castilla-La Mancha Bridge is the tallest bridge in Spain and one of many tallest in all of Europe.
Except for its peak, the bridge is legendary for its 152-wire rope system that kinds its triangular fan-like form within the Spanish skyline.
The town official stated persons are prohibited from climbing the bridge, including that town has “reiterated a number of occasions that it’s not allowed underneath any circumstances.”
The warnings, nevertheless, typically fall on deaf ears as vacationers world wide have suffered related fatalities over content material creation.
In July, journey influencer Aanvi Kamdar died after falling some 350 ft when she misplaced her footing whereas filming at a waterfall in India.
A 2023 examine of such incidents from the College of New South Wales, Australia, urged officers at vacationer hotspots world wide to contemplate selfie-related accidents and deaths as a “public well being drawback” that must be addressed.
