A 26-year-old British man has died after falling from Spain’s highest bridge while trying to climb one of the pillars.
The man fell from Castilla-La Mancha bridge which crosses the Tagus River outside the city of Talavera de la Reina in central Spain, according to a statement from the city council published on Sunday (13).
Local councilor Macarena Muñoz said the man was accompanied by another 24-year-old Brit.
“According to what we were able to find out, they came to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social media,” Muñoz said in the statement.
She noted that climbing the bridge is “completely prohibited and we have reiterated multiple times that it is not permitted under any circumstances,” adding that she was saddened by the incident.
The man’s body, which was not identified by local authorities, was taken to a funeral home, according to the statement.
The cable-stayed bridge, which was completed in 2010, is 180 meters high and its main span measures 318 meters.
The British man is not the first person to die in the search for social media content in recent years.
In December 2020, a woman in Australia fell from a cliff and died while posing for a photo at Boroka Lookout, on the side of a cliff in Grampians National Park, Victoria state, according to the CNN Nine News.
And in November 2019, a French tourist died after falling from a waterfall in Thailand while trying to take a selfie.
This content was originally published in British influencer dies trying to climb the highest bridge in Spain on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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