A British man who fell to his death from the tallest bridge in Spain back in October was found to have died from his head injuries, a coroner's inquest has found.
Lewis Stevenson, 26, from West Hallam, Derbyshire, was allegedly attempting to record content for social media while scaling the 630-foot-tall Castilla La Mancha bridge outside the city of Talavera de la Reina on Oct. 13. The Derby Coroner's Court said on Tuesday that the cause of death was blunt force head injuries and uncontrolled descent from a height, officially adjourning the inquest.
"The inquest will now be adjourned for further investigations to be concluded," assistant coroner Sabyta Kaushal said during the hearing, per the BBC. Police have also filed for a toxicology report, the results of which could take up to a year.
Talavera councillor Macarena Muñoz said in a statement that Stevenson had been accompanied by a 24-year-old man who was with him when he fell and that they had come to "climb the bridge and create content for social networks." Though she lamented the "unfortunate and sad outcome," Muñoz emphasized that it was "totally prohibited" to climb the bridge and that officials "have reiterated on many occasions [it] cannot be done under any circumstances."
Following his death, the deceased's mother, Keilia Stevenson, said her son was not a social media influencer but a "thrill-seeker who loved to travel and have new experiences" and had a passion for photography.
"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, via The Independent. "He knew his limits and never did anything beyond them. He was a keen photographer and he did this all for passion, not as an influencer."
"There will forever be a hole in our hearts and life will not be the same again," she added.
