Content creator dies trying to climb Spain’s highest bridge [Video]

 A 26-year-old British man has died after falling from Spain’s tallest bridge during an attempt to climb one of its pylons.

The man fell from the Castilla-La Mancha bridge, which crosses the River Tagus outside the town of Talavera de la Reina in central Spain, according to a statement from the town council, published Sunday.

Local councillor Macarena Muñoz said he was accompanied by another British man, aged 24.

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“According to what we have been able to find out they had come 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 forbidden and we have reiterated multiple times that it is not allowed under any circumstances,” adding that she was saddened by the incident.

The body of the man, …