Kaylee Hottle died at 18 on Tuesday in an automobile accident. Photo by UPI

July 21 (UPI) -- Actor Kaylee Hottle died in an automobile accident, her father, Joshua, announced in a Facebook video Tuesday and her school, Texas School for the Deaf, announced on social media. She was 18.

Joshua conducted his video in American Sign Language, which he and Kaylee spoke. Kaylee appeared in Godzilla vs. Kong and its sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as Jia, a deaf child who bonds with Kong.

Her only other credit was an episode of Magnum, P.I. She was going into her senior year at TSD.

The accident occurred in Frederick County, Md. The Frederick County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that deputies responded to the accident scene on Windsor Road at 2:52 a.m.