Bridge Puente de Castilla-La Mancha. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
A content creator has tragically died after falling from one of Spain’s tallest bridges.
The Talavera, Spain mayor’s office announced in a Sunday, October 13, press release that an unidentified English man died at age 26 after attempting to climb the Castilla-La Mancha bridge. Another unidentified 24-year-old English man was present at the time of the 26-year-old’s death, but survived.
Macarena Muñoz, the Councillor for Citizen Security, shared in the statement that both men traveled to the city outside of Madrid “to climb the bridge and create content for social networks, which has resulted in this unfortunate and sad outcome.”
The cable-stay bridge opened in 2011 and, at 630 feet tall, is the second-highest in Europe. Muñoz added that climbing the bridge “is totally prohibited.”
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“We have reiterated on many occasions [that this] cannot be done under any circumstances,” Muñoz said.
According to authorities, the man’s body has been transferred to a funeral home.
A police spokesperson told Metro.co.uk on Sunday that the man made it up “around a quarter of the total height of the bridge” before his tragic fall.
“The reason he fell is not clear and will be investigated by a local court,” the spokesperson added at the time.
No additional details of the influencer’s identity have been released. However, a spokesperson for the U.K. Foreign Office said in a statement to People, “We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Spain, and are in contact with the local authorities.”
The British man is sadly not the only social media influencer to die while filming content. Earlier this year, travel influencer Aanvi Kamdar died in India after falling into a gorge. She was 27 years old.
According to The Economic Times, local police confirmed that Kamdar died in July while visiting the Kumbhe waterfall with a group of friends. While exploring the site, which is located about 80 miles south of Mumbai, officials reported that Kamdar slipped and fell into a gorge while allegedly filming videos for her Instagram page.
“She fell on the hard, slippery patch of rocks around 300 feet into the valley and couldn’t be spotted initially,” a rescuer told the outlet. “She was sent up using a stretcher attached to rappelling ropes. Six rescuers climbed down the hill, while another 50 assisted atop the hillock.”
The rescue operation went on for six hours. Kamdar was responsive once she was retrieved and subsequently placed on a ventilator while en route to the hospital. She was declared dead upon arrival.
