Japanese man proposes to his girlfriend before falling off bridge and dying
The man then lost his grip of the rails and fell from the 30-metre high bridge
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Your support makes all the difference.A man has died after falling off a bridge moments after proposing to his girlfriend.
The incident took place on the Irabu Bridge in Okinawa, Japan, and the man, who has not been named, is believed to be a local 32-year-old care worker.
The couple were driving along the picturesque 2.1-mile bridge, when the man asked his girlfriend, who was behind the wheel, to pull over.
He then surprised her with a proposal and when the woman said yes, he apparently jumped for joy over the 1.2 metre railing.
The man then lost his grip of the rails and fell from the 30-metre-high bridge, Malaysian Digest reported.
The woman involved in the incident called the police immediately and a search and rescue operation was launched.
The man’s body was found seven hours later and he was pronounced dead.
He is thought to have been drinking prior to the incident, according to a police statement.
It is the first death on the bridge, which opened in 2015 and it is the longest toll-free bridge in the country.
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