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A Brazilian influencer died after falling into an enormous reservoir while filming an ambitious stunt for his fans in an accident investigators are calling 'suspicious'.
On Tuesday, Diego Kaua Oliveira Santos, 20, slipped into Lake Salto Grande in the Brazilian municipality of Americana, where the social media star and his friends were hanging out and taking pictures.
Santos' friends hurried to help him, but the influencer- whose Instagram almost 140,000 followers- was quickly swept away by the water.
Earlier in the day, Santos, who was also a musician, assured his followers that he would give them 'something live' during his sojourn at the artificial lake.
According to Brazil's Public Security Secretariat, witnesses who were with Santos 'tried to save the young man, without success'.
Diego Kaua Oliveira Santos, 20, slipped into Lake Salto Grande in the Brazilian municipality of Americana, where the social media star was planning on filming a stunt for his followers. Pictured: Santos in an image he uploaded to Instagram
Witnesses attempted to save Santos but were unable to retrieve him from the water. He later drowned in a death that investigators have termed 'suspicious'. Pictured: Santos smiling in the company of women in skimpy bathing suits. The picture was uploaded to Instagram a week before his death
Unable to help the influencer, the witnesses 'then called the Fire Department, which could not rescue the man alive'
'The report was registered as a suspicious death at the 4th DP of Americana, where an expert report was requested and investigations into what happened are ongoing'.
Civil police stated that Santos was recording content for his social media accounts when he died, according to The Sun.
Before drowning, the 20-year-old posted on pictures and videos to his accounts that showed him enjoying the company of his friends.
He told his many followers that he would go 'live' soon.
