Spanish town shuts 'shortcut' slide over safety slips

19 May 2019 - 00:00 By Elizabeth Sleith

A 38m-long, steep slide linking two streets in a Spanish town has been closed due to multiple injuries, less than 24 hours after it opened.
The slide, which connects two streets in the Costa del Sol town of Estepona, was opened last Thursday. It was intended to give people a quicker way to travel between the Avenida Reina Sofia and Calle Eslovaquia, which are on different levels, and so avoid a 10-minute walk. The council also built a walkway down the steep verge for the less adventurous...

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