Tragic Loss of Rising Star Kaylee Hottle | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Tragedy strikes the entertainment world as 18-year-old actress Kaylee Hottle, known for her powerful role as Jia in the Godzilla films and as a native American Sign Language user from a deaf family, dies in a Maryland car crash early Tuesday morning. The accident, possibly linked to speeding on Windsor Road, claimed her life despite efforts to save her; two others in the vehicle, including a 19-year-old driver with non-life-threatening injuries, survived. Hottle, originally from Atlanta and recently based in Texas, leaves behind a legacy that broke barriers for Deaf representation in Hollywood. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/cf93d1715a8b1319