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YouTube daredevil killed when his parachute failed to open in 150ft leap from cement factory chimney in Spain
A DAREDEVIL YouTuber who sneaked into a cement factory in the dead of night to jump off one of its 150ft chimneys died when his parachute failed to open.
Ruben Carbonell, 29, threw himself from the Fontcalent building in San Vicente del Raspeig in Alicante at 1am yesterday morning.
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The aim was to record the jump and post it on his YouTube channel dedicated to risk sports.
A friend with him at the time raised the alarm when Spaniard crashed to the ground, dying instantly.
An investigation is underway to find out how the pair got into the cement factory and managed to climb up the chimney.
According to reports, the deceased and a friend jumped the fence that prevents access to the cement factory of the Cemex company.
Once inside, both climbed to the top of a tower of about 165ft , from which Ruben jumped first.
But the parachute did not open for reasons that are still being investigated and the young man died from injuries he received when he hit the ground.
His companion contacted the emergency services and police and medics went to the scene but there was nothing they could do to save him.
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The dead man specialised in risk sports, since the videos he had uploaded showed jumps from a bridge, as well as paragliding and parachuting.
Cemex confirmed that the deceased man and his companion had "sneaked" into the facilities, which have surveillance cameras and private security.
But they said they would leave it in the hands of the police to investigate how they got in.
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