A Texas woman who had recently graduated from the United States Air Force Academy saw her future cut short when the kayak she was riding was struck from behind.
Ava Moore, 18, was killed on Sunday while kayaking on Grapevine Lake in Texas, near Dallas-Fort Worth.
According to arrest documents obtained by local NBC affiliate KXAS, witnesses at the scene stated that Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez, 21, recklessly operated a jet ski in the same lake “before eventually colliding with one of two kayakers paddling near the shoreline.” When Gonzalez realized Moore had been hit and injured, he allegedly left the scene right away.
According to KDFW, a local Fox affiliate that obtained the arrest documents, Moore and the other woman on the kayak attempted to paddle away from where Gonzalez was operating her jet ski prior to the collision.
Moore was pulled from the water and transported to an ambulance after the collision. She was pronounced dead at 5:59 p.m., before reaching the hospital.
Gonzalez was photographed at the scene before getting into a Toyota Corolla driven by Maikel Coello Perozo, 21, who allegedly hit two other vehicles while driving away.
Gonzalez and Perozo were arrested on Tuesday after police surrounded their Dallas home and coaxed them out.
According to a press release from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the two Venezuelan nationals were in the country illegally.
Gonzalez was charged with second-degree manslaughter. Perozo was charged with a collision-related accident, with additional charges expected, according to KDFW.
