Kaylee Hottle, the deaf teenager who captivated global audiences as Jia in Godzilla vs Kong, has died in a car accident in Maryland, her father confirmed on Tuesday. The 18-year-old actress, who also appeared in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, was pronounced dead after her heart stopped on the way to hospital, according to what her father says he was told by authorities.
News of Hottle's death surfaced after her father, Joshua Hottle, appeared in an emotional 23-minute Facebook livestream. Using American Sign Language, he told viewers he had received a call while in Texas informing him that his daughter had been involved in a serious collision in Maryland, then a second call saying her heart had stopped en route to medical care. He said he was flying to Maryland to identify and reclaim her body, calling it a flight he 'never would like to take.'
