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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Siobhan Fenton

Teenager dies while bungee jumping from bridge during holiday

A file image of a bungee jumper (Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

A Dutch teenager has died while bungee jumping from a bridge during a holiday in Spain.

The 17-year-old girl was killed when she jumped from a viaduct near Santander in the north of the country. She hit the wall of a bridge below and died at the scene.

It comes after British student Kleyo De Abreu died while bungee jumping from a bridge in Spain when she hit a second bridge below.

Two men from the bungee jump company have been charged with manslaughter in connection with Ms De Abreu’s death.

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The BBC reports that the Dutch teenager, who has not been named, was with a group of people from the Netherlands and Belgium who were staying at a local surf camp.

They were taking part in a type of bungee jumping called “puenting”; which involves diving and then swinging beneath a bridge.

It is understood that medics attempted to revive her but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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