YouTuber and TV presenter Emily Hartridge has died (Picture: Instagram)

Davina McCall and Made in Chelsea star Ashley James have paid tribute to YouTuber and TV presenter Emily Hartridge, who has died age 35.

She is thought to have been involved in a crash with a lorry while riding an e-scooter, in Battersea, on Friday morning.

A statement from her family was shared on her Instagram page confirmed the sad news.

‘Hi everyone. 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,’ it read.


‘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 xxx.’

Davina McCall led tributes to the late star, commenting: ‘My heart goes out to Emily’s family and friends. Such a shock. Sending you love and prayers.’

The statement was shared by her family (Picture: Instagram)

While Ashley added: ‘Sending you all so much love. So devastated.’

Calum Best wrote: ‘Jesus Christ no way this is so sad I’m so sorry’ and Gizzi Irskine admitted she was ‘finding this very very hard to compute’.

‘Devastating,’ she added.

Emily was a personal trainer and had hosted the Channel 4 show S**t I’m 30 as well as her own YouTube channel which had over 300,000 subscribers, and various online shows.

Emily’s death is thought to be the first involving an e-scooter in the UK (Picture: PA)

Emily is thought to have been involved in a crash with a lorry (Picture: PA)

Emily’s death is thought to be the first involving an e-scooter in the UK – which are illegal to ride on the roads and pavement.

A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: ‘We sent an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews, an incident response officer and two medics in cars to the scene, with the first of our medics arriving in under four minutes.

‘Sadly, despite the extensive efforts of medics, a woman died at the scene.’

Emily’s last Twitter post (Picture: Instagram)

While a a Department of Transport spokesperson added: ‘We extend our deepest sympathies to all those involved in this tragic incident, and fully support the police as they carry out their investigations.

‘Safety is at the heart of all our road laws and it is important that retailers continue to remind people at the point of sale that it is illegal to ride e-scooters on public roads.’

Two days before she posted a sweet picture to Twitter with her niece, and shared her hopes for one day having her own children.

‘Yesterday I hung out with my gorgeous nephew Arlo and niece Winter. We hugged, we laughed, we played, Arlo called me a fat pig,’ she wrote.

‘It was a much needed distraction from the hormonal/tired/bloated/emotional state I am currently in. Who knows, one day hopefully I’ll have my own.’

The same day she posted her last video, which focused on the benefits of dating a younger man; her boyfriend Jake Hazell was 28.

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