Exploding whipped cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger


  • World
  • Thursday, 22 Jun 2017

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.

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