Horror in Spain as British tourist plunges to his death from popular viewpoint | World | News
A Brit tourist has tragically died after falling from popular viewpoint in an ancient Spanish town. The 63-year-old, who has not been named, is said to have lost his balance while sitting atop the Segovia aqueduct near Madrid and fallen backwards to his death on Saturday afternoon.
Police and medical teams were unable to resuscitate the man and pronounced him dead at the scene. Segovia City Council said police responded to a call for help around 1.05pm following reports of a person falling from the top of the Postigo.
Initial reports claim the man was sat on the observation deck’s parapet. The Brit had travelled to Segovia last Thursday with two other people, local reports suggest.
Segovia is located northwest of Madrid in Spain’s Castile and León region. The town is renowned for its well-preserved Roman aqueduct, which reaches 28.5m at its tallest point.
It was originally build in the first century AD to carry water from springs in the mountains to the city and was in operation until 1973. This isn’t the first Brit to die in Spain this year while on holiday.
In February, a Brit in his sixties was found dead in a hotel room on the Costa del Sol a day after he was supposed to have checked out. The body of the tourist, who is thought to have been staying alone at ythe unnamed hotel in the Spanish city of Fuengirola, was discovered by staff on Friday, February 21.
Employees at the resort on Avenida Santa Amalia found the Brit at around 9:40am on Friday, a day after his stay was supposed to have ended. Sources close to the investigation said there were “no immediate signs of a violent death”, English-speaking newspaper The Olive Press reported.
It comes just days before the body of another man of roughly the same age was pulled out of a port 70km along the Spanish coast on Sunday, February 23. The British tourist was found floating in the Puerto de la Duquesa, a popular part of Malaga, shortly before 4:30am on Sunday, according to local news outlet Manilva.ws.
Spain’s Civil Guard denied that the incident was connected to gunshots reportedly heard shortly before the corpse was discovered in the marina. Emergency services recieved 122 phone calls before dispatching the Civil Guard, fire brigade and local police force to the scene.
The man, who was said to be around 60-years-old and fully clothed, was pronounced dead after being pulled from the water.
