Exploding whipped cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger

French fitness blogger Rebecca Burger and the type of pressurised whipped cream dispenser that killed her, in an image posted to Instagram by her family. Photo: Instagram / Rebeccablikes.

STRASBOURG, FRANCE: An Instagram star and well-known fitness blogger has died in a freak accident after a pressurised canister used for dispensing whipped cream exploded, hitting her in the chest, her family has said.

Rebecca Burger (pic), who had a large following on the social media site, where she posted regular pictures of herself promoting fitness products, was killed in eastern France in what the family said was a domestic incident.