A British influencer plummeted to his death while attempting to scale Spain's tallest bridge without any safety equipment.
Lewis Stevenson was attempting the daredevil stunt for his Instagram clout and was warned by his family not to take up the challenge.
On the morning of Sunday, October 13, the 26-year-old sadly fell to his death while trying to create content from the 630-feet tall Castilla La Mancha bridge in Talavera de la Reina.
Lewis Stevenson plummeted to his death while attempting to scale the tallest bridge in Spain
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A 24-year-old British man had also accompanied him and was left in a “state of shock” after witnessing Lewis plummet to his death.
The victim’s family revealed that he ignored their warnings to climb the Spanish landmark.
“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,” his grandfather Clifford Stevenson, 70, told the Daily Mail.
“He loved doing it, 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,” the bereaved grandparent continued.
The British influencer was not wearing any safety equipment when he attempted to create content from the landmark bridge
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Savannah Parker, 25, who had been dating the death-defying stuntman for much of a decade, said she spoke to him hours before what became his final adventure.
“We spoke at half eleven and the last thing he said to me was, ‘Good night, I love you,’” she said, as quoted by Metro.
The heartbroken girlfriend said he wasn’t feeling well and believes he may have lost consciousness prior to his fall.
“His friend who he was with sent me over his police statement. He told his friend he wasn’t feeling well and he said, ‘Shall we go back down?’” she said.
“Lewis said, ‘Give me a minute,’ and that’s when he lost consciousness and slipped,” she continued.
“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,” his grandfather Clifford Stevenson said
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Savannah revealed that Lewis has often set out on daredevil adventures over the last few years.
“As much as it worries me, I don’t look into things because I worry enough as it is, and I just let him do his thing and generally he just comes back. This weekend he didn’t,” she said.
“It is one thing to hear that he’s gone but it’s how tragic it happened,” she went on to say.
A spokesperson for the local police revealed that Lewis was somewhere about 130 to 165 feet (40 to 50 meters) high.
“He was about 40 to 50 meters up, around a quarter of the total height of the bridge, when he fell,” the spokesperson told Spanish media outlet The Leader.
Following the tragic news, local officials asserted that it is "completely forbidden" for people at climb the the 630-feet tall Castilla La Mancha bridge
“The reason he fell is not clear but it will be investigated by a local court,” they added.
Local councillor Macarena Muñoz acknowledged the incident in a statement released by the town council. She said visitors are “completely forbidden” from climbing the bridge.
“The young man was accompanied by another 24-year-old English-born man, and as we have known they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social networks, which has resulted in this nefarious and sad outcome,” read a translation of her statement.
While she was saddened by the incident, she also asserted that climbing the bridge is “completely forbidden and we have reiterated multiple times that it is not allowed under any circumstances.”
The Leader also quoted her saying the practice of climbing the bridge “is totally illegal.”
"It means what is says. Don't climb it!" one social media user said following the news
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