Emily Hartridge
{{Short description|English YouTuber and television presenter (1984–2019)}}
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Emily Hartridge (25 May 1984 – 12 July 2019), also known as Emily Hart, was an English YouTuber and television presenter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/13/tv-presenter-emily-hartridge-dies-in-scooter-crash|title=Television presenter Emily Hartridge dies in electric scooter crash|last=Tapper|first=James|date=14 July 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 July 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}
Biography
Emily Hartridge was born in Hambledon, Hampshire, England in 1984.{{cite news |date= 15 July 2019 |title= Emily Hartridge obituary |url= https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/emily-hartridge-obituary-7xnknmh0g |work= The Times |access-date= 15 July 2019}}
Hartridge began publishing vlogs on her YouTube channel in 2012 with her "Ten Reasons Why ..." videos. Her material covered topics such as sex, relationships, love, gender and modern life, as well as pieces about her personal life such as her sexuality, mental health and her decision to freeze her eggs. She also presented television shows such as Channel 4's series Oh Sh*t I'm 30 and appeared in Sketch My Life.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/europe/youtuber-emily-hartridge-death/index.html|title=Emily Hartridge, popular YouTube personality, dies at 35|last=Vera|first=Amir|website=CNN|date=13 July 2019|access-date=14 July 2019}}
At the time of her death, Hartridge was undergoing fertility treatment for egg harvesting as she hoped to have a baby with her boyfriend Jake Hazell as she had been diagnosed with low fertility in 2018. Hartridge met Hazell whilst working as a personal trainer. After struggling with addiction and depression and as a mental health campaigner himself, he appeared in Hartridge's YouTube videos on a regular basis.
Death
On July 12, 2019, Hartridge was riding her electric scooter on the Queen's Circus roundabout in Battersea, London when she was struck by a lorry on the roundabout, killing her at the scene.{{cite news|first=Jacob|last=Stolworthy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/emily-hartridge-dead-youtube-star-cause-escooter-crash-tributes-davina-mccall-a9004031.html|title=TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge identified as first person killed in UK riding e-scooter|date=14 July 2019|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=14 July 2019}} She was 35 years old. Hartridge is believed to be the first person to die in the United Kingdom in an accident involving an e-scooter.
Hartridge's final video, titled "10 Reasons to Get a Younger Boyfriend", showed her receiving two scooters, given to her by Hazell following her 35th birthday in May 2019. One of the scooters was electric, believed to be the one she was riding at the time of her death.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/emily-hartridge-death-tributes-paid-to-youtube-star-who-died-in-electric-scooter-crash-as-final-video-shows-her-excitement-at-receiving-it-as-birthday-present/ar-AAEl4AS|title=Emily Hartridge death: Tributes paid to YouTube star who died in electric scooter crash as final video shows her excitement at receiving it as birthday present|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2019-10-06}}
In September 2020, a coroner ruled that Hartridge had lost control of her scooter due to it being "unsuitably driven, too fast and with an underinflated tyre".{{Cite news|title=Emily Hartridge: Deflated tyre 'caused Youtuber's e-scooter crash'|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53823514|date=4 September 2020|accessdate=4 September 2020}}
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Category:Place of birth missing
Category:English women television presenters
Category:English women bloggers
Category:Road incident deaths in England
Category:People from Hambledon, Hampshire