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A daredevil was hospitalised after a friend dropped 400 gallons of water on him from a firefighting plane as part of the so-called "ice bucket challenge".

Belgian photographer Bruno Brokken, 51, was knocked unconscious after the plane opened its load on him from a height of just 22 feet at an aerodrome near Girona in north east Spain.

Bruno, also a full-time skydiver who has done over 15,000 jumps in the last 20 years, had set up the stunt in order to raise money for the fight against motor neurone disease.

His condition was described as “critical” when he was flown to Girona’s Josep Trueta Hospital by air ambulance.

But the aerodrome said injured Bruno, who has lived in Spain for several years, was expected to make a full recovery after tests showed he had suffered no internal injuries.

The regional Mossos d’Esquadra police force has opened an investigation into the incident, which happened at the Empuriabrava Aerodrome around 11.30am yesterday/on Tuesday.

Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture subcontracts the plane used in the stunt for fighting forest fires.

Rolf Kuratle, head of Skydive Empuriabrava which is based at the aerodrome, said: “They had arranged to do it as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge craze.

“The pilot flew a fire-fighting plane, the kind used to put out forest fires, and dumped the load onto his friend.

“They obviously miscalculated how much water it was.”

The death of a British teenager who drowned in a quarry in Scotland on Monday is being linked to the Ice Bucket Challenge craze.

Cameron Lancaster, 18, died after disappearing under the water at Prestonhill Quarry in Inverkeithing, Fife.

Police Scotland have launched an investigation.

Jordan Reilly, 18, the friend who nominated him for the challenge, said yesterday: “I had no idea he was going to do it there.”