Oliver Tree’s producer reveals he was meant to be on doomed helicopter flight
Oliver Tree‘s producer Victor WAO revealed he was meant to be on the doomed helicopter flight that killed the musician and five other people.
“I was supposed to be with you guys in that helicopter, and I didn’t go at the last second,” Victor wrote in a translated heartbreaking tribute, referring to his late best friend, music producer Lucas Frota, who also passed away in the crash.
“You told me that since I was scared [of flying], you had managed to get a car to take me to Angra and someone else would go in my place,” he added.
“Now I owe you my life, brother. I don’t know what to do at this moment. I love you so much! I will never forget you! Lucas, you were pure light!”
In another post, Victor said he would “never forget” Lucas, whom he called the “most enlightened and wonderful person I have ever known!”
“I am heartbroken, but I am praying for you wherever you are,” he added.
Frota, 24, Tree, 32, Lucas Vignale, 29, Gaspar Prim (also known as Argentinian YouTuber Gaspi), 23, and pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac all lost their lives on Sunday when two helicopters collided mid-air in Rio de Janeiro.
A harrowing video showed one aircraft plunging directly into the parking lot of a car dealership, setting at least 20 electric vehicles ablaze.
The local Civil Police informed CNN that the case is under investigation and that a forensic examination of the scene has been requested. A police investigator said it’s believed human error may have been to blame.
Tree was in South America as part of his The World’s First World Tour.
A day before he passed away, Tree beamed as he documented his fun-filled day in Brazil, which included soccer, riding bikes, haircuts and cooking.
The video was captioned, “Gringo 24 horas no Brasil,” which translates to: “Foreigner 24 hours in Brazil.”
Back in April, Tree eerily joked that his family would not receive any money from his will when he died.
“I don’t believe that any of the wealth, or the things that get made from it, is mine,” the singer said on the April 24 episode of the “Zach Sang Show.”
“So when I die, my will is set up that when I pass, my family, no one’s going to get a penny,” he added.
Tree, who was single and did not have any children at the time of his passing, said that if he had a wife or kids, they would “not [get] a f–king penny.”
“I’ll get my kids through college. That’s the agreement,” he continued.
“But there’s not going to be a silver spoon. The idea is, when I die, all the money is going to go back to artists,” Tree declared.
