Women's Day: people from Teresina highlight their struggle to support their families “I love singing,” said Jéssica Costa in a video recorded by g1 in March, in honor of International Women's Day. The singer died on Saturday night (11) after a collision between two cars in Timon, Maranhão. Jéssica was heading to a show when the vehicle she was in was hit by a pickup truck. A man who was also in the car died in the accident. ? Follow the g1 Piauí channel on WhatsApp In her statement to g1, the singer, who also worked selling chestnuts at Shopping da Cidade, in Teresina, said that she faced daily challenges to make her dreams come true and support her children. "I'm a single mother, I work and support myself. I think it's great for being able to fight every day and win," she said. Jéssica was born in Maranhão, but lived in the Santa Maria da Codipi region, in the North Zone of Teresina. READ ALSO: Who was Jéssica Costa, the singer who died in a crash between cars on the way to a show in Timon, MA According to the band's producer and the singer's ex-husband, Weldyvan Valério de Santana, Jéssica had worked at Shopping da Cidade for around eight years. And two years ago, she decided to invest in her music career. With an intense routine, the singer divided her time between her career, business and her children. In an interview, she said that motherhood transformed her life. "A lot of things changed after I became a mother. Having four children is not easy to deal with either," she joked. "She was very hard-working. She always worked and never depended on any man. She came in at 7:30 am and left at 5 pm. She was very happy to be able to enter houses, being able to be seen", recalled the producer. The accident The producer reported that Jéssica Costa was in the passenger seat. According to him, the car in which the singer was traveling was hit on the side by a pickup truck that was traveling at high speed with its headlights off. According to the producer, the driver fled without providing assistance. Just as she arrived at the scene, a truck came at high speed with the headlights off. A crash on the side of the car caught her, who was in the passenger's seat", she reported. People who were at the scene removed the singer from the wreckage. She was rescued alive and taken to the Teresina Emergency Hospital (HUT), where she was intubated. Jéssica Costa G1 Piauí/ Ananda Soares *Vitória Bacelar, intern under the supervision of Ilanna Serena VIDEOS: watch the most viewed videos on Rede Clube.