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A fitness influencer and mom was fatally run over by a truck — after she crashed her motorcycle into the back of a car on the side of the road.

Nicole Brenda Santos Marins, 28, who had more than 3,000 followers on Instagram, accidentally slammed her Honda Biz motorbike into a broken-down Fiat Doblo on a highway in Palhoca, Brazil, on Tuesday, the Sun reported.


  Fitness influencer and mom Nicole Brenda Santos Marins has died in a horrible crash after riding into the back of a car before being run over by a truck. She was 28. @heynickys/Instagram Fitness influencer and mom Nicole Brenda Santos Marins has died in a horrible crash after riding into the back of a car before being run over by a truck. She was 28. @heynickys/Instagram

The personal trainer was then fatally struck by a truck — and the driver shockingly continued without stopping.

There were no additional injuries. An investigation is ongoing.

The devastating news was confirmed by her husband, Alisson Cravo, in a series of heartbreaking Instagram Story posts on Tuesday.

Cravo remembered his late wife as “an amazing woman, warrior, worker, [and] a wonderful mother.”

“Thank you for giving me what I didn’t deserve at the moment,” Cravo wrote in Portuguese. “This journey was just the beginning of a beautiful story. Forgive me, I will love you forever, my wife.”


  The Brazilian fitness guru gained a loyal following on her social media with her regular lifestyle, travel and exercise content. @heynickys/Instagram The Brazilian fitness guru gained a loyal following on her social media with her regular lifestyle, travel and exercise content. @heynickys/Instagram

  Marins, who had also worked as a personal trainer, was fatally struck by a truck, and the driver shockingly continued without stopping. @heynickys/Instagram Marins, who had also worked as a personal trainer, was fatally struck by a truck, and the driver shockingly continued without stopping. @heynickys/Instagram

“You brought out my best side,” he went on. “I will miss everything we lived through — all our plans that would happen, the calmness you gave me from your wonderful smile.”

The heartfelt tribute was accompanied by several images of the pair from their most recent weekend together in Praia Grande, Brazil.

“A weekend well spent. Full of experiences and emotions that will be kept in our memory 🤍,” he captioned the photos, which showed the pair on a hot air balloon ride and riding horses.

The Brazilian fitness guru gained a loyal following on her social media with her regular lifestyle, travel and exercise content.

She had also worked as a personal trainer at a local gym in the Praia de Fora neighborhood.


  The fitness guru leaves behind her husband and their toddler. @heynickys/Instagram The fitness guru leaves behind her husband and their toddler. @heynickys/Instagram

Her death comes months after fellow fitness influencer Chris O’Donnell, who boasted more than 840,000 followers on social media, died on Jan. 11 at age 31.

The Arizona-based star’s death was confirmed in an online obituary. The Maricopa medical examiner confirmed that O’Donnell died from a gunshot wound to the head.

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