TikTok creator Alyshia Rushing, known online as Mama A, has died aged 26 after a late-night two-vehicle collision in Alabama. The crash, which occurred on August 22, also killed 20-year-old US Marine Landon Dunn. Montgomery police responded at about 2:15 a.m. to the collision in the southbound lanes of Interstate 85. Officers found Rushing, who had been driving an SUV, with fatal injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Dunn, who had been driving a pickup truck, was also found with fatal injuries and was pronounced dead. A female passenger in Rushing's vehicle was taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Initial reporting by WSFA said one of the vehicles was on fire when emergency responders arrived. Montgomery police said their investigation remains ongoing. Authorities have not publicly stated what caused the collision, nor have they released findings about either driver's speed or possible impairment. Rushing had more than 500,000 TikTok followers, where she posted videos about motherhood and her everyday life raising four children. Her final TikTok video, showing her trying on a wig, was uploaded less than an hour before the fatal collision. Robert Howard organised a GoFundMe for Dunn's family and said he had served with Dunn in the US Marine Corps for a year and a half. Howard said Dunn had been travelling to visit his family and girlfriend, and described the incident as a head-on collision. He wrote that Dunn's death had deeply affected his family, friends and fellow Marines. Rushing's mother, Crystal Smitherman, also started a fundraiser to help pay for funeral arrangements and support the four children Rushing leaves behind. Smitherman described her daughter as an amazing mother of four, a content creator and one of the strongest women she had known. The final post before the collision gives this report an especially personal dimension beyond the follower count. For Somali readers, including members of the diaspora who follow creators on TikTok, the story is a reminder that the people behind daily online posts have families, children and communities coping with loss.