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British content creator dies trying to climb Spain's highest bridge

The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, March 18, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, March 18, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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 A 26-year-old British man has died after falling from Spain鈥檚 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 Mu帽oz said he was accompanied by another British man, aged 24.

鈥淎ccording to what we have been able to find out they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social media,鈥 Mu帽oz said in the statement.

She noted that climbing the bridge is 鈥渃ompletely forbidden and we have reiterated multiple times that it is not allowed under any circumstances,鈥 adding that she was saddened by the incident.

The body of the man, who has not been named by local authorities, has been taken to a funeral home, according to the statement.

The cable-stayed bridge, which was completed in 2010, is 180 metres (591 feet) tall and its main span measures 318 metres (1,043 feet).

The British man is far from the first person to die in the pursuit of social media content in recent years.

In December 2020, a woman in Australia fell off a cliff to her death while posing for a photo at Boroka Lookout, an overhang by the side of a cliff at Grampians National Park, Victoria state, according to CNN affiliate Nine News.

And in November 2019 a French tourist died after falling from a waterfall in Thailand while attempting to take a selfie.

The 33-year-old man died when he slipped and fell from the Na Mueang 2 waterfall on the Thai island of Koh Samui 鈥 the same spot where a Spanish tourist died in a fall in July the same year, the AFP news agency reported.

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