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Russian influencer Tatyana Ozolina, popularly generally known as MotoTanya, died in a Motorcycle accident in Peru at 38 years outdated.
Ozolina, well-known for Travel around the world on his bike, was allegedly driving close to Milas in the province of Muğla when she misplaced management of her pink BMW bike and collided with a truck.
She died earlier than paramedics arrived on the scene, native media reported. Fellow motorcyclist Onur Obut, from Turkey, was injured. A 3rd motorcyclist touring with them was unhurt.
Whereas native police have been nonetheless investigating the accident, there have been experiences that Ozolina misplaced management after his bike was hit by one other motorcyclist.
Ozolina had 5 million followers on TikTok, two million on YouTube and a million on Instagram.
He was lately refused entry to the European Union on the Greek border on account of restrictions on the entry of Russians as a result of ongoing struggle in Ukraine.
Ozolina posted a clip from the Greek border on her social media and mentioned: “4000km from residence. Greece missed me, however did not miss my bike. Sure. I used to be in Greece on foot. I purchased a magnet and went again to Turkey.
“I used to be upset that I didn’t get to cycle round Europe, however not an excessive amount of as a result of I knew it may occur.
“So I moved on. To beat lovely, heat and hospitable Türkiye.”
Andrei Ivanov, head of the MotoMoscow Affiliation, paid tribute to Ozolina. “MotoTanya is now not with us. She had a shiny and exquisite life. Hundreds of thousands of individuals adopted her,” he mentioned. “Maybe there’s not a single motorcyclist within the nation who can be detached to Tatyana. She was adored, envied, admired, copied, awarded as one of many prime bloggers, and on the similar time mentioned and slandered. Now all that is still is her reminiscence. Sleep properly.”
She reportedly left behind a 13-year-old son.
