Overview
- A single-vehicle crash on Windsor Road in Ijamsville early Tuesday left a 1995 Honda Accord off the roadway and struck a culvert, and deputies say excessive speed is believed to have contributed to the collision.
- Kaylee Hottle, a passenger in the car, was taken to a trauma center and later pronounced dead, officials said.
- Her father, Joshua Hottle, confirmed her death in an emotional Facebook livestream delivered in American Sign Language and said he traveled from Texas to Maryland to identify her body.
- The driver, a 19-year-old Frederick man, was treated for injuries not believed to be life-threatening and a second passenger declined treatment at the scene, and the sheriff’s office is asking the public for information as the probe continues.
- Hottle was a senior at the Texas School for the Deaf and gained recognition for playing Jia in the MonsterVerse films, a role noted for its use of ASL that drew tributes from colleagues and the deaf community.