Tributes have been paid to a British national who died after falling more than 600ft off a bridge in Spain while creating social media content.
Lewis Stevenson, 26, tried to scale the 630ft Castilla-La Mancha Bridge in Talavera de la Reina – the tallest bridge in Spain.
Tragically, it emerged that Mr Stevenson’s family had tried to talk him out of scaling the bridge, but he’d believed he ‘would be alright’.
Mr Stevenson’s grandfather, Clifford Stevenson, from Derby, told MailOnline: “We all tried to talk him out of it. We were always trying to talk him out of doing things but that was the way he was.
“He loved doing it – he always went out there believing he’d be alright. He did what he did for his own pleasure. He did not get any money for it, he was an adventurer.”
Macarena Munoz, the city’s councillor for citizen security, said Stevenson was joined by a 24-year-old Briton, who is unnamed, and that the pair had visited the bridge to create social media content.
In a statement, she said: “We have been able to find out, they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social networks, which has resulted in this unfortunate and sad outcome.”
She added attempting to climb the bridge “is totally prohibited and which we have reiterated on many occasions cannot be done under any circumstances”.
The man’s body has been removed and taken to a funeral home by a coroner, according to a press release from the local council.
The Castilla-La Mancha bridge stands above the Tagus River, about 120km south west of Madrid, and was opened in 2011.
At the time, it was known to be the tallest cable-stayed bridge in Spain.
The structure features 152 wire ropes which are attached to the main concrete towers creating a fan-like shape.
A spokesperson from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.”