Popular French travel influencer Emma Marie Laurent, 24, died with two women when a pickup was swept away while crossing Nicaragua’s flooded Nahualapa River.
French travel influencer Emma Marie Laurent was travelling in a pickup truck that attempted to cross a flooded river in Nicaragua in the early hours of October 9, 2026Laurent, known online as 'your barefoot BFF', had over 43,000 Instagram followers and documented her nomadic adventures across Europe, Africa and the CaribbeanShe was visiting her sister in Chinandega when tragedy struck, dying alongside two other women while the driver escaped as the sole survivorPAY ATTENTION: Mark TUKO.co.ke as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!
A French travel influencer whose wanderlust-filled content had won her tens of thousands of fans online has died in a tragic accident in Central America, leaving her community in mourning.
Emma Marie passed away after an accident while river crossing. Photo: Emma Marie. Source: FacebookEmma Marie Laurent, 24, known online as "your barefoot BFF," lost her life in the early hours of 9 October 2026, when the vehicle she was riding in was overturned and swept away after attempting to cross the Nahualapa River in Nicaragua.
She passed away alongside two other women: Noë Lina Luscher, a 20-year-old Swiss tourist, and Karen Nahomi López Montano, a 19-year-old Nicaraguan hotel worker.
The lone survivor was the driver, Mexican national Martin Gerardo García Girón, who managed to escape. Authorities have since launched an investigation into the incident.
