A Brazilian influencer who died alongside his beloved golden retriever was simply days away from finishing his “dream” trip.
Jesse Koz, 29, died immediately when his 1978 Volkswagen Beetle collided with a Ford Escape on US Freeway 199 close to Selma, Oregon, Monday morning.
Koz’s pet pup, Shurastey, was additionally killed. The feminine driver of the Ford survived the smash and was taken to a hospital with accidents.
“He died as hero dwelling his greatest dream,” one devastated fan wrote of Koz on Instagram. “The world of vacationers has misplaced a fantastic inspiration.”
Koz had spent the previous three months driving throughout the US, sharing journey pictures on Instagram, the place he boasted greater than 359,000 followers and hundreds of thousands of likes.
The wanderer was en-route to Alaska on the time of his deadly accident, and was set to reach there later this week.
Koz had lengthy dreamed of driving from Brazil to America’s Final Frontier, and initially set off on his journey a number of years in the past. Nonetheless, his earlier purpose of reaching the US was thwarted by the COVID pandemic when the US closed its southern border to vacationers in March 2020.
A decided Koz restarted his journey at first of this 12 months, and crossed into America in early February.
On Feb. 10, he shared a photograph to Instagram that confirmed he and Shurastey watching a sundown.
“I simply wished to get pleasure from a sundown within the firm of my pal, I do know we nonetheless have many extra to return and so far as it is determined by me we'll all the time be collectively till the solar units one final time,” he poignantly wrote.
Koz and the canine traveled by California and throughout to Florida earlier than driving up the East Coast.
The pair reached New York Metropolis final month, with social media snaps exhibiting Koz’s beloved Beetle parked in Instances Sq..
From there, Koz journeyed to Chicago after which down Route 66, reaching the tip of the well-known freeway in Los Angeles lower than three weeks in the past.
The influencer and his furry pal deliberate to journey up the West Coast, crossing over into Canada and driving north to their remaining vacation spot of Alaska.
Simply 4 days earlier than his demise, Koz shared a photograph in entrance of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, and captioned, “There isn't a happiness with out freedom … I got here out of a jail that was my outdated life the place others made the choices for me so I may have the liberty to decide on what I wished!”
Information of Koz’s automotive crash rocked Instagram Monday, with followers flooding his web page to pay tribute to the intrepid influencer.
“You lived life superbly!” one wrote. “You have been an inspiration to hundreds of thousands of individuals. Thanks. God will welcome you each with open arms.”
Koz’s household are actually within the means of extraditing his physique again to Brazil, DailyMail has reported.
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