Rochelle Hager, star of TikTok, dies in strange accident (PHOTOS)
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- TikTok star Rochelle Hager dies in freak accident
- The chef was also driving when death caught up with her
- Rochelle Hager was on the phone with his future wife
The world of social networks and especially TikTok is in mourning, as the death of American chef Rochelle Hager, at the age of 31, was confirmed this Tuesday in a stranger accident while driving down a Maine street.
According to police reports, the tiktoker He was on the phone with his future wife when high winds threw a branch against his car and killed him instantly, The Associated Press news agency reported.
«It Happened Very Quickly»: Rochelle Hager’s Fiancée
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Rochelle Hager, 31, of the city of Waterville, in the state of Maine, was an executive chef and posted popular videos on TikTok, where she was one of the most popular stars. She was engaged to be married at the end of the year to his future wife.
«It happened very quickly,» his fiancee, Brittanie Lynn Ritchie, told the local newspaper. Morning sentinel. “He has a phone mounted on his dash. I heard a crash and then nothing, «said the stunned woman who quickly moved to the street where the events occurred.
The branch fell off and killed her instantly
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Rochelle Hager was driving her white X-Trail truck through the streets of Farmington when a storm that produced 80-kilometer-per-hour (50-mile-per-hour) gusts dislodged the branch and killed her instantly, local authorities said of the incident. incident.
The tiktoker was alone in her truck and there were no other vehicles damaged in the strange accident, according to Farmington Police Chief Kenneth Charles, who noted that the situation was «tragic and unique,» according to the report by The Associated Press.
Mourning in the TikTok family for Rochelle Hager
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Rochelle Hager and her fiancee Brittanie Lynn Ritchie are popular on TikTok. Together they have more than 400,000 followers. Ritchie posted a heartfelt tribute and said that Hager «loved his TikTok family.» The young woman wrote with an emotional video: «I will get up with you forever.»
“We would get married on October 16; We had already got the venue and the photographer and everything, ”Ritchie told the Morning Sentinel on Tuesday. Ritchie spoke in a telephone interview Tuesday, just after leaving a Waterville florist to head to the crash site about 35 miles away.
Nothing like this has ever happened before
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Farmington Police Chief Kenneth Charles said after Monday’s crash that Hager was pronounced dead at the scene near 833 Knowlton Corner Road. After the impact, the car appeared to have crossed the center line and stopped in the northbound lane.
Shannon Moss, a spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said she consulted with Lauren Stewart, director of the Bureau of Highway Safety and «they don’t have any information on this kind of thing that has happened before,» Moss said.
They met in June 2020
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Unable to hold back her tears, Brittanie Lynn Ritchie recounted that she and Rochelle Hager, whom her friends referred to as «Roe,» met in June of last year through a mutual friend and fell in love. Hager was popular on TikTok, and the couple shared their story with fans on that site.
«We had a following on Tiktok, and she was very positive and made people laugh,» Ritchie said. “She was that kind of person. She was the best friend of my son ”. Ritchie has 2 children and said that Monday morning, before Rochelle went to work and met her death, they had talked about raising the family and even chose a name for a girl.
They send condolences for Rochelle Hager
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A celebration of life is being planned for Rochelle Hager in Pittsburgh and another could also be held in Florida, where he had more family and friends, according to his fiancee Ritchie. And is that Hager grew up in Florida, but his parents live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to Ritchie. He said Hager moved to Maine in August.
«Awww, beautiful, we love you and we are here for you … you were one of the best couples here, prayers, blessings and condolences for you and your family», «I am very sorry for your loss, prayers for you», «prayers girl, what extraordinary couple were you. Giving us hope ”, were some of the messages of condolence that Hager’s girlfriend has received.
A pine branch took his life
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Rochelle Hager opened her life to her followers on TikTok, where she spanned everything from LGBTQ relationships to hot sauce taste tests, and now she has left her more than 142,000 followers heartbroken by suddenly dying in a freak accident.
In accordance with Today, a gust of wind sent a large chunk of pine toward his vehicle around 10 a.m.Monday, and the larger chunk landed on the driver’s side of the vehicle, according to a police department news release and photographs from the scene of the car. accident. Hager was pronounced dead when authorities arrived at the scene.
Rochelle Hager «had no pain»
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28-year-old Brittanie Lynn Ritchie shared a tearful video on her own TikTok on Tuesday, thanking her audience for their support and addressing the bizarre accident that claimed the life of her beloved fiancée.
“Many of you have been asking what happened and I was not ready to talk about it. It is still new. But I went to get her things out of the car today and now that it has happened… she was driving and we were having a windstorm and a tree fell on her car, ”Ritchie said. “She had no pain. He died instantly. I heard the crash and then there was nothing ”.
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