A 26-year-old Englishman died after 7 a.m. on Sunday in Talavera de la Reina after falling into a void. while trying to climb the Talavera cable-stayed bridge. With its 192 meters high, the Castilla-La Mancha bridge It is the highest in Spain and the second highest in Europe.
Apparently, the deceased, who was accompanied by another young Englishman of 24 years old had arrived in Talavera de la Reina to take videos and photographs from the top of the bridge, a practice that has already happened on other occasions and has spread among influencers and lovers of extreme practiceswho do not hesitate to climb this emblematic bridge over the Tagus, even at the risk of putting their lives in danger.
“It is completely prohibited to go up to the bridge, a circumstance that we have reiterated several times and which cannot be carried out under any circumstances,” said the Councilor for Citizen Security, Macarena Muñoz.who mourned the death of the young man
A mobile intensive care unit attended the scene and confirmed the death.as well as members of the Talavera de la Reina fire brigade and agents of the National Police and Local Police. The corresponding procedure has been opened to clarify what happened.
