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Baxter and Thievin's Car Crash

Updated Mar 13, 2024 at 04:46PM EDT by Zach.

Added Mar 13, 2024 at 01:43PM EDT by Mateus.

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Overview

Baxter and Thievin's Car Crash, also known as the Death of Baxter Hosley and Thievin, refers to the purported deaths of TikTok fitness trainers and influencers Baxter Hosley (@baxter_fit) and Thievin (@thievin.gg) in mid-March 2024 due to a car accident. While there are no reliable sources confirming their deaths as of March 13th, 2024, the incident became a viral topic on Twitter / X and TikTok as fans of the content creators mourned their sudden passing by sharing tributes and messages on the influencer's accounts.

Background

On March 12th, 2024, Ekkovision's TikTok^[1] page, a workout supplement firm that had previously worked with TikTok fitness trainers Baxter Hosley and Thievin, posted a three-minute-long video expressing its condolences towards Baxter and Thievin's death due to a car accident, saying on March 10th that they had "lost two of our brothers. The family lost their sons in a horrific event." The video (shown below, left) amassed over 7 million plays and 514,000 likes in a few hours.

Shortly after the video went viral on TikTok, several users started to share videos of TV news reports of Baxter and Thievin's purported car crash, which allegedly occurred on March 10th in Houston, Texas. For instance, just a few hours after Ekkovision's post, TikToker @trentwins._^[2] shared a clip (shown below, right) of a news anchor supposedly describing the March 10th car crash, stating that a BMW was "speeding around other cars before the crash," which amassed more than 1 million plays and 84,000 likes in a few hours.

@entty10
Sunday March 10th we lost two of our brothers. The family lost their sons in a horrific event. At this moment we ask you guys to please send your prayers to Baxter and Thievin and their family and the ekko team. At this moment we will not share any further details to honor family’s wishes. We will of course work with their family to continue to support them. We will keep you guys posted with funeral information as we have them. We already got both families blessing and permission to continue to produce their signature products with ekko, and have structured a plan to work closely with the family to continue to support by sharing the profit of their signature products to help them as we believe that is what Thievin and Baxter would want. Rest in peace Baxter and Thievin

♬ original sound – Ekkovision

@trentwins. #baxter #thievin #caraccident #rip blank" title="♬ original sound – Trentwins" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7345677901444107054?refer=embed">♬ original sound – Trentwins

Online Reactions

Following the rumors of their deaths spreading online in mid-March 2024, fans of the TikTok fitness influencers Baxter Hosley and Thievin expressed their sorrow on social media. For example, on March 13th, 2024, TikTok^[3] user @ivangtv posted a video commenting on the tragic accident (shown below, left), which garnered roughly 874,000 plays and 22,000 likes in a few hours.

On the same day, TikTok^[4] user @nitro_gym1 posted an homage video to Baxter (shown below, right), amassing more than 23,000 plays and 2,000 likes in a few hours.