Turkish influencer Gizem Özmen has reportedly died following a car crash. She was 24.
Özmen, best known as Lavinia Özmen on TikTok, died following a traffic collision in Manisa, according to a Monday, February 17, report by CNNTurk. The social media star and another individual, who has not been publicly identified, allegedly died when their car crashed into a tanker parked in the emergency lane.
CNN further reported that law enforcement and first responders had been dispatched to the scene, where Özmen and the vehicle’s driver were both pronounced dead.
Further details have not been revealed and an investigation is ongoing.
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Özmen was active on TikTok, amassing 200,000 followers. She last posted on Monday ahead of the CNN report, and the comments have since been flooded with “RIP” messages.
She also had more than 26,000 followers on Instagram, where she often opened up about hardships faced during childhood. Özmen last posted on Instagram on February 9 to share a similar story about a woman named Ela.
In the comments section, many of Özmen’s followers expressed their condolences.
“Rest in peace ❤️😢,” one translated message reads, while another says, “We have a new story. The name of our story is Lavinia [who] lost her life in a car accident.”
Another social media user felt a specific kinship to Özmen due to similar upbringings.
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“I talked to her for a while, we didn’t really know each other, but we became friends on social media,” the fan replied. “I knew her story, our story was almost the same, but now after her death, it is really very painful and very sad that his videos come across us like this. I get emotional whenever I see it. Rest in peace and rest in peace 🤍 May Allah give patience to her relatives.”
Other social media users called Özmen “a very good person [and] sister.”
“May God rest her soul in peace 🤍 It took a long time 🥺🥀,” another message reads.
As Özmen would share a series of anonymous stories of trauma, she nicknamed herself “Lavinia, the Voice of Silent Battles.”
“She was so strong, always talked about fighting. She said that no matter what happens, one must fight on in life,” another Instagram commenter added earlier this week. “Maybe that was the reason I liked her out of all the thousands of influencers. So strong, such a warrior, I can’t believe she’s gone.”
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