Actor Kaylee Hottle, who made it big with her role as Jia in Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, has died at the age of 18. The news of her passing was announced by her father, Joshua Hottle, through a Facebook livestream using American Sign Language. Notably, Kaylee and her father are both deaf and come from a multi-generational deaf family. The grieving father also confirmed her death to TMZ, revealing that she died in a car accident in Maryland.

Kaylee Hottle dies

Joshua shared the tragic news in a 23-minute-long social live stream on Facebook, explaining that he had to fly from Texas to claim her body. He revealed that he learned his daughter was involved in a serious car accident. Soon after, officials called him to inform him that her heart stopped on the way to the hospital.