July 22, 2026

Kaylee Hottle, the deaf teen actor who broke out in two “Godzilla” films, was killed in a fiery late-night crash in Maryland early Tuesday — a shocking end at just 18. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says the car left the road in Ijamsville before 3 a.m. and slammed into a culvert, with excessive speed believed to be a factor; the driver survived with non-life-threatening injuries and another passenger refused treatment. Hottle, a native signer of American Sign Language from a deaf family, had her heart stop before she reached the hospital, her father said, as loved ones reel and the crash remains under investigation.

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