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Gerrard Kaonga
Tragic details have emerged of the death of an influencer who fell from a 630 ft bridge while attempting a stunt for social media.
British daredevil Lewis Stevenson, 26, attempted to scale the Castilla-La Mancha Bridge, in Spain, on October 13 of this year, but things quickly went wrong.
He ended up falling in front of his 24-year-old friend, who is said to be ‘traumatized’ by the incident.
Talavera de la Reina Town Council confirmed his death and reiterated just how dangerous Stevenson’s actions were.
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New details regarding Stevenson’s death have now come to light as a coroner confirmed his exact cause of death.
On December 3, assistant coroner Sabyta Kaushal opened the inquest into the influencer’s death. She confirmed that his cause of death was blunt force head injuries and uncontrolled descent from a height.
Stevenson's mother was in attendance and during the hearing, Kaushal said: “I am opening the inquest into the death of Lewis Stevenson. He died on October 13 at the Castilla-La Mancha bridge in Spain.
“The inquest will now be adjourned for further investigations to be concluded. When it is concluded then the matter will be listed for a final hearing.”
The hearing was also told that authorities have filed for a toxicology report - however, this could take nine to 12 months to be completed.
Speaking on the incident, the council reaffirmed that climbing the bridge was not prohibited and inherently risky.
In a statement, they said: “He was a 26-year-old Englishman who fell while climbing the aforementioned bridge, something which the councillor has made clear is totally prohibited and that we have reiterated on numerous occasions cannot be done under any circumstances.”
“According to what we have been able to establish they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social media, which has resulted in this unfortunate and sad outcome."
Stevenson’s family have spoken out about the incident and about the influencer’s character, saying that while he was a thrillseeker, they had attempted to talk him out of his latest stunt.
His grandfather, Clifford Stevenson, spoke to the Mail Online and said: “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, 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."