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YouTube star Emily Hartridge dead in scooter crash with truck

LONDON, England — YouTube star Emily Hartridge was killed Friday in London in an electric scooter crash, according to a post on her Instagram account.

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"This is a horrible thing to have to say over Instagram but we know many of you were expecting to see Emily today and this is the only way to contact you all at once," the post said.

“Emily was involved in an accident yesterday and passed away. We all loved her to bits and she will never be forgotten. She has touched so many lives it's hard to imagine things without her. She was a very special person.”

The London Metropolitan Police confirmed in a press release that a woman in her 30s was killed in a crash between an electric scooter and a truck and pronounced dead at the scene from her injuries. 
Although the police did not identify the woman, The Guardian reported Hartridge, 35, was the victim and the first person to die in a fatal crash involving an e-scooter in Britain.

Hartridge first took off on YouTube some seven years ago with her "Ten Reasons Why …" videos which looked at life in a humorous way, The Guardian reported.

Hartridge, who was also an actress, posted her last Instagram message Friday, responding to a troll who criticized her body and asked if she was a man.

"I have never adhered to societal norms and I am certainly not going to start now," she said.

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‘EMILY, ARE YOU A MAN?’ 💪🏻🙄 • Someone messaged me this on Instagram last week and it doesn’t upset me ❌ I just think it’s LAUGHABLE 🤣 • This is 2019, how are some of us still stuck in the 1800s 🤦🏻‍♀️ • I don’t believe there are such things as ‘Manly’ or ‘feminine’, what a crock of 💩 • Those terms were merely created by society years ago and much like sheep, we have all followed these rules for centuries 🙄 • Men go to work. Women stay home and cook. Men bring in the money. Women look after the children. Men are the bosses. Women are the assistants. Men drink the drinks. Women bring them the drinks. Men play sports. Women watch. Men drive the cars, women sit in the passenger seat. Men have muscles. Women need to stay thin.......BORE OFF MATE 🤚🏽 • We as women have come so far but there are STILL some men around who just can’t handle what strong ass mother f*ckers we have become 🤟🏼 • Just so you know, all those comments do is make us want to look stronger and be stronger 💪🏻 • I have never adhered to societal norms and I am certainly not going to start now 🙅🏻‍♀️ • Whenever I get comments like this, I just think how sad that you are constantly scrolling on your computer or phone looking for someone to upset whilst we are out in the REAL WORLD living our lives 😁 • Now can someone please pass me a dumbbell? And make it a heavy one 🏋️‍♂️ ________________________________________________ #strong #strength #muscles #motivation #abs #lean #goals #female #empowerment #femaleempowerment #truth #positivity #positivethinking #body #fit #beautiful #fitnessgirl #boxing #girlswhobox #yoga #yogi

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