A 26-year-old man from England has died after falling from Spain’s tallest bridge while trying to climb a pylon to create content.
The mayor’s office said in a news release Sunday that the unidentified man fell from the Castilla-La Mancha bridge, about 110 miles southwest of Madrid. Climbing the bridge over the Tagus River on the outskirts of the town of Talavera de la Reina in central Spain is “totally prohibited” and the city council says it “cannot be done under any circumstances,” a news release said. said. ”
The deceased was accompanied by another 24-year-old British man, and according to a local newspaper, the pair “came to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social networks, which resulted in this tragic incident. “It was a sad outcome.” said City Councilor Macarena Muñoz.
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Climb without a harness or protector
A spokesperson for the national police of Toledo, where Talavera de la Reina is located, told Spanish media leaders that the man was “about 40 to 50 meters (about 130 to 160 feet) above sea level, about a quarter of the way… 1,” he said. This is the height of the bridge when he fell. ”
The spokesperson added that it was not immediately clear how the man fell, but that the incident, which occurred around 7:15am on Sunday morning, “will be investigated by the local court.”
Meanwhile, a source close to the investigation told the Leader that the man and his companions were “climbing without harnesses or any other protective equipment.”
The victim’s body was transported to a funeral home, according to a news release.
In a statement to People magazine, a Foreign Office spokesperson said the department was “supporting the family of a British man who died in Spain and is liaising with local authorities.”
Opened in October 2011, this cable-stayed bridge has a height of approximately 630 feet and a main span of 1,043 feet, making the Castilla-La Mancha Bridge one of the tallest bridges in Spain and one of the tallest in Europe. There will be one.
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