Spain unveils the country’s longest slide linking two streets 125ft from each other in a hillside town… then closes it 48 hours later after a spate of injuries The steel chute in Estepona saves a 10-minute walk between two streets It has a gradient of around 34 degrees and is believed to be Spain's longest slide Many have hurtled down the slide at speed and suffered painful cuts and bruises
By Jack Newman For Mailonline
Published: 02:05 BST, 13 May 2019 | Updated: 02:14 BST, 13 May 2019
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A 125ft slide which links two streets in Spain has been forced to close only a day after it was opened after many locals reported suffering injuries.
The steel chute in Estepona, a resort town in the Costa del Sol, was intended to give people a quick way to travel from one street to another, saving a 10-minute walk.
It is believed to be Spain's longest slide and has a gradient of around 34 degrees but many have hurtled down at such a speed they have caused themselves injuries.
A slide in the Costa del Sol has been shut down the day after it opened after
