Madrid – A 26-year-old Briton has died after he fell from the tallest bridge in Spain when he climbed it to make content material for social media, authorities mentioned on Monday. The unidentified man was with one other Briton, aged 24, when he plunged to his loss of life on Sunday morning from the cable-stayed bridge in Talavera de la Reina, 70 miles southwest of Madrid, town council mentioned.
“As far as we have been able to learn, they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social networks, which has resulted in this disastrous and sad outcome,” Talavera metropolis councilor for public safety Macarena Munoz mentioned.
Spanish media mentioned it had rained closely in Talavera earlier than the accident, which can have brought on the bridge to be slippery.
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With its 152 wire ropes and sweeping views of the encompassing countryside, the bridge has lengthy drawn daredevils and social media creators, who climb it regardless of the act being banned.
“We have reiterated on many occasions that it cannot be done under any circumstances,” mentioned Munoz.
At practically 630 ft, the Castilla-La Mancha Bridge is the tallest in Spain and one of many tallest in Europe.
On-line content material creators and social media influencers recurrently take private security dangers and break legal guidelines to get pictures and movies they imagine will garner them new followers.
In July, Indian content material creator and journey vlogger Aanvi Kamdar died when she slipped and fell right into a 300-foot gorge at a magnificence spot south of Mumbai whereas she was capturing Instagram movies.
In Could 2023, police in California mentioned a 17-year-old boy fell to his loss of life from a bridge in Los Angeles that he was scaling in an obvious social media stunt.
