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Kaylee Hottle, deaf actress, Texas School for the Deaf student, dies in Maryland car crash
Summary by The Austin Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Elizabeth Evans , as published by FOX 7 Austin
· July 21, 2026
· 1 min read
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Kaylee Hottle, a deaf actress and student at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, has died in a car crash in Maryland, according to her father and school.
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What is this story about? Kaylee Hottle, a deaf actress and student at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, has died in a car crash in Maryland, according to her father and school.
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