British man dies in vacation hotspot after plummeting 400ft in horror hill fall
A Brit man has died after falling from a hill in northeastern Spain, according to local reports. Emergency services, including fire crews and officers from the Basque police force rushed to the scene
A tourist admiring Concha bay and La Concha beach from the Mount Urgull, San Sebastian, Spain(Image: Getty Images)
A Brit has tragically died after plummeting from a hill in northeastern Spain, according to local reports.
The 38-year-old is thought to have fallen “from a considerable height” from Mount Urgull in the city of San Sebastian, says the Basque Government’s Department of Security.
He reportedly fell from the Baluarte del Mirador observation point, situated on the eastern side of Mount Urgull, as per El Diario Vasco. Emergency services, including fire crews and officers from the Basque police force, rushed to the scene and confirmed the discovery of the body. The man’s body was located along the Paseo Nuevo promenade.
Spanish officials have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the British man’s death. His body has been moved to the Basque Institute of Legal Medicine for a post-mortem examination, reports the Mirror.
Mount Urgull is a historic 403-ft hill in San Sebastian, nestled between the coastal city’s Old Town and La Concha Bay.
It comes after a British baby girl died and two other children were left with serious health problems after travelling abroad for a summer holiday. The little ones contracted a gastric illness after staying in a plush five star hotel in Egypt, and now their parents are looking for answers as to what caused the problems.
One-year-old Ariella Mann fell sick with E. coli after returning home from the holiday, which then turned into a condition called Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) – a rare kidney condition – that tragically led to her death. Now her parents have instructed lawyers – alongside two other families whose children were also affected – to look into how they caught the illness.
The other children, named as two-year-old Chloe Crook from Kent and six-year-old Arthur Broughton from Derbyshire, also contracted HUS after staying at the all inclusive resort Jaz Makadi Aquaviva in Hurghada between July 2024 and January 2026.
They survived but are still recovering after contracting the illness. All three of the holidays were booked through TUI UK Limited – who say they are looking into the cases.
Ariella had travelled to Egypt on one of her first holidays with mum Jade Oakes, 36, scaffolder dad, Lee Mann, 37, as well as six-year-old sister, Summer on December 21 last year.
The all‑inclusive two‑week package holiday cost £6,000 but Ariella fell poorly on week two of the break, with symptoms including a fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration.
She was treated on multiple occasions at the hotel’s medical clinic but her condition only worsened day-by-day, the family say, and they ended up flying home early on January 5.
She ended up in hospital a day later and on January 7, Ariella was transferred to a specialist children’s hospital and placed into an induced coma. She died three days later.
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