{"id":2512503,"date":"2026-07-22T13:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2512503"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:34:15","slug":"kaylee-hottles-mom-shares-heartbreaking-tribute-after-daughter-18-dies-in-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kaylee-hottles-mom-shares-heartbreaking-tribute-after-daughter-18-dies-in-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaylee Hottle&#8217;s mom shares heartbreaking tribute after daughter, 18, dies in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kaylee Hottle\u2019s mom shared a devastating tribute after the deaf actress\u2019 shocking death at 18.<\/p>\n<p>Ketsi Hottle called it a \u201cprivilege to be\u201d the 18-year-old\u2019s mom in the caption of a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbD84YixDoM\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tearful Instagram video<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the social media upload, which spanned nearly four minutes, Ketsi tearfully communicated to her followers in ASL.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">SyncwithASL\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">SyncwithASL\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She shared the message to her feed with a selfie at the beach with Kaylee.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager, best known for playing Jia in \u201cGodzilla vs. Kong\u201d and \u201cGodzilla X Kong: The New Empire,\u201d lost her life Tuesday in a 3 a.m. car crash in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Kaylee\u2019s dad, Joshua Hottle, broke the news in a Facebook video and a TMZ interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">SyncwithASL\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">syncwithasl\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am taking a flight that I never would like to take,\u201d he captioned his tribute, explaining his travels to Maryland from Texas to claim Kaylee\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>He and Ketsi welcomed their daughter in Atlanta, Georgia, and Kaylee was raised in Austin, Texas, where she attended Texas School for the Deaf. <\/p>\n<p>She started acting at 9 and, in addition to her part in the \u201cGodzilla\u201d franchise, had a \u201cMagnum P.I.\u201d role as a character named Joon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Richard Shotwell<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaylee believed it was \u201cimportant having deaf actors plays deaf characters,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.junkee.com\/alexander-skarsgard-godzilla-vs-kong-interview\/291191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling Junkee<\/a> so in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeaf people are aware of their own language and they\u2019re more familiar with the culture,\u201d she explained at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kaylee was in Maryland on Tuesday visiting, according to emergency dispatch audio obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Syncwithasl<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She was one of two passengers in a 1995 Honda Accord that \u201cswerved off the road and hit a ditch,\u201d with \u201cexcessive speed \u2026 believed to be a contributing factor in the collision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while the other passenger denied medical assistance at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaylee Hottle\u2019s mom shared a devastating tribute after the deaf actress\u2019 shocking death at 18. 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