{"id":6860,"date":"2026-07-23T11:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:19:02","slug":"godzilla-vs-kong-star-kaylee-hottle-cause-of-death-confirmed-investigation-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/23\/godzilla-vs-kong-star-kaylee-hottle-cause-of-death-confirmed-investigation-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaylee Hottle&#8217;s cause of death confirmed as investigation into fatal crash continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cause of death of Kaylee Hottle has been revealed following the car crash that killed the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/godzilla-vs-kong\/\">Godzilla vs. Kong<\/a> actress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaylee, best known for playing Jia Andrews in the Monsterverse franchise, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/21\/kaylee-hottle-dad-shares-tragic-post-as-godzilla-vs-kong-star-death-confirmed\/\">died in the early hours<\/a> on Tuesday, July 21st, due to a single-vehicle collision in Ijamsville, Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/22\/godzilla-vs-kong-kaylee-hottle-how-she-died-police-reveal-new-details-car-crash\/\">Frederick County Sheriff&#8217;s Office confirmed<\/a> that Kaylee, 19, was one of two passengers. The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19-year-old male driver suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, while the second passenger declined medical treatment at the scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies and emergency crews responded to the incident just before 3am after the car veered off the roadway and hit a culvert. Police believe \u201cexcessive speed\u201d to be a contributing factor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8  La estrella de &quot;Godzilla vs. Kong&quot; Kaylee Hottle: nueva foto del choque de auto muestra da\u00f1os severos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7aDrVRoR7S\">pic.twitter.com\/7aDrVRoR7S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CINE\u00d3N (@cineonoficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cineonoficial\/status\/2079963031455297977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An autopsy took place on Wednesday at the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which revealed the results to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/kaylee-hottle-cause-of-death-godzilla-1237000582\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deadline<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Kaylee\u2019s official cause of death was found to be multiple blunt force injuries and has been listed as accidental.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photos of the crashed 1995 Honda Accord have been obtained by TMZ, revealing the extent of the damage caused by the collision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news arrives shortly after a dispatch audio obtained by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/21\/celebrity-news\/kaylee-hottle-dispatch-audio-reveals-devastating-car-crash-details\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Page Six<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revealed officers seeking an ASL interpreter or an app to communicate with Kaylee, who is deaf. It also suggests that the actress was unconscious at the time emergency services arrived on the scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the autopsy has been completed, the cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff\u2019s Office Traffic Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaylee\u2019s father, Joshua Hottle, confirmed the news of her passing in a Facebook live stream using <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Sign Language (ASL), saying he had to travel from Texas to Maryland to collect his daughter\u2019s body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjoshua.hottle.2025%2Fvideos%2F1302042002010953%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am taking a flight that I never would like to take,\u201d he wrote. Her mother, Ketsi Hottle, also shared a tearful tribute after her daughter\u2019s death, calling it a \u201cprivilege to be\u201d the star\u2019s mum in an Instagram video.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaylee famously <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/22\/heartbreaking-kaylee-hottle-video-resurfaces-after-death-godzilla-x-kong-supernova\/\">appeared in Godzilla vs. Kong<\/a> and its 2024 sequel, The New Empire. Her character, Jia, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a deaf orphan adopted by Monarch scientist Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall) who shares a unique bond with Kong and communicates using ASL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her Monsterverse co-stars are among those who are remembering Kaylee, with Millie Bobby Brown writing on Instagram, \u201cI&#8217;m so devastated to hear this. You will be deeply missed Kaylee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbEa_8rmhiJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbEa_8rmhiJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Rebecca Hall (@rebeccahall)<\/a><span style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebecca Hall shared pictures of them together on set, writing, \u201cMy heart goes out to your family. You will be missed Kaylee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A GoFundMe has been set up on behalf of the Hottle family which you can donate to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-kaylee-hottles-family\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There\u2019s also a Meal Train page <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mealtrain.com\/trains\/ge73oe?fbclid=IwY2xjawTOxTpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjRGVRdERJUkRrV2xxbEd6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjf-hs684NdqidWE5c0FG7Mxf8mUN0uYXevrKy681WDAWnc16hVyWAsPWK2y_aem_9MCLLPmwx7blps5eEJ2_IQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help support the family with meals and food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: Rob Latour\/Shutterstock\/Instagram\/@rebeccahall<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crash photos reveal the extent of the car 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