Brazilian beauty influencer is killed in a road accident

A Brazilian beauty influencer has been killed in a road accident just hours after posting ‘Life is short, let’s be crazy – Me, you, God and the road!’

Julia Hennessy Cayuela, 22, was on a motorcycle trip with her husband Daniel Cayuela on Thursday when they were involved in an accident while riding down the BR-277 road in Sao Jose dos Pinhais in southern .

Daniel was seriously injured in the crash and remains in intensive care.The Federal Highway police said they suspect a truck was crossing the road when the couple crashed into the side of it. 

In a final Instagram post shared with her 329,000 followers just hours before the fatal crash, Julia is seen posing with Daniel in front of a sign for Capao Bonito. 

The caption reads: ‘Life is short, let’s be crazy – Me, you, God and the road!Your dreams are mine too @danielcayuela’.

Following the crash, Julia was airlifted to hospital in the city of Curitiba in a critical condition before dying in intensive care shortly afterwards.

Daniel remains in intensive care at the same facility, the Hospital Universitário Cajuru. 

Local media suggested he was yet to be informed of his wife’s death, writing that his family has ‘authorised the hospital to inform him only that he is hospitalised for the necessary treatment.’  

On Saturday, Julia was buried in the city of Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais state, where the couple were from.

According to her social media, she had been an influencer for seven years and was training to become a ‘biomedical esthetician’ – a non-medical practitioner who conducts non-invasive skin treatments including chemical peels and laser hair removal.  

At three years old, she lost her father in a motorcycle accident – an incident she occasionally referenced in social media posts, particularly around Father’s Day.

The young couple had been married for four years and shared a passion for motorcycling.They posted itineraries and pictures from their trip around southern Brazil on their social media pages, including on the day of their accident.

Their plan to travel through the states of Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina was cut short by the tragic crash.

An investigation is ongoing.