1 week Ago By Bryce Luff
A thrill-seeking British influencer has died falling from Spain ’s tallest bridge while creating content for social media. Lewis Stevenson, 26, from Derby, was illegally scaling the 192m-tall Castilla-La Mancha bridge in Talavera de la Reina, 120km southwest of Madrid, on Sunday when tragedy struck. Local authorities say the accident occurred when he was filming content for social media “which has resulted in this unfortunate and sad outcome”.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today It is understood Stevenson made the climb without a safety harness. Family say they had tried previously to talk him out of the dangerous hobby. “Lewis was my boy, my world and my biggest achievement,” his mother Keilia Stevenson said in a statement to Derbyshire Live .
“He was happy and ambitious in life. He was a thrill seeker who loved to travel and have new experiences. “We, as a whole family, supported his adventures around the world, which included amazing places he got to visit like Easter Island and Machu Picchu, but unfortunately, those adventures also included climbing great heights, which we didn’t particularly agree with but understood this was what he loved to do.
” Stevenson said her boy was a keen photographer who did “this all for passion not as an influencer”. His social media channels feature dizzying images from the tops of skyscrapers and other structures across the globe, including in New York and London. His girlfriend Savannah Parker told UK media the couple had spoken the night before Stevenson’s death and that he had messaged her early on Sunday morning to say “good morning”.
Parker did not see the message until 7.45am, shortly after his fatal fall. She believes Stevenson did not slip, but may have lost consciousness because he was not feeling 100 per cent.
A spokesperson for the Talavera council in Spain said it was “totally prohibited” to climb the bridge and that the message was clear that it “cannot be done under any circumstance”. The investigation continues..
