Nicole Brenda Santos Marins Dead at 28 

The fitness community is mourning the loss of a motivational leader. 

Nicole Brenda Santos Marins, a Brazilian based fitness content creator, has died, her husband Alisson Cravo confirmed on Instagram Aug. 19. She was 28. 

Marins—mom to a 6-year-old son—had been driving a motorcycle down a Brazilian highway Aug. 18 when she began experiencing mechanical difficulties and pulled off onto the shoulder, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police told NationalWorld. She was then hit by a “large” oncoming vehicle, which promptly fled the scene, authorities said. 

An investigation into the collision is ongoing. 

Following his wife’s passing, Cravo shared a series of emotional posts to his Instagram Story, calling Marins, in statements translated from Portuguese, an “amazing woman, warrior, worker, a wonderful mother who would do everything to see the smile of her prince.”

“You were my safe haven,” Cravo wrote in an Aug. 19 Instagram Story. “You gave me a ground that I never had. A light. Doing good to you kept me alive. You made me feel like a real man. You made me recognize that I can be someone, that I can be good, and I will strive to improve every day for you.”