Overview
- A wooden footbridge between cliffs at El Bocal north of Santander collapsed around 4:30 p.m. local time, sending a group into the sea and onto rocks.
- Authorities said seven people were involved: six vocational students and one chaperone on an outing near the Spanish Institute for Oceanography.
- At least five people died, identified by reports citing rescue services as four young women and one young man, all a little over 20.
- Two people were initially rescued alive; one later died in hospital, and the other survived with severe hypothermia.
- Rescue teams used boats and helicopters in an evening search for a missing person as officials said the cause of the collapse remains unknown.