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A teenage kayaker visiting her family for Memorial Day weekend was tragically killed when a rogue jet skier slammed into her on a Texas lake before fleeing the scene.
The Grapevine Fire Department said it responded to an emergency at around 5.20pm Sunday at the Grapevine Lake, where they pulled 18-year-old Ava Moore to shore.
She suffered severe head trauma, and first responders and good Samaritans immediately began life saving measures, Fox 4 reports.
Moore was then transported to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Meanwhile, video obtained by NBC DFW showed other lake-goers trying to stop several people associated with the suspected jet ski driver from leaving the scene.
Police say the passenger of the jet ski remained at the scene and was interviewed by first responders.
But the driver of the jet ski believed to have hit Moore’s kayak fled the scene with a male friend after the crash, WFAA reports.
As they tried to escape, though, the couple allegedly hit another driver and abandoned their vehicle.
Witnesses to the grisly scene added that the two women on the jet ski abandoned the watercraft following the crash.
It remains unclear whether the female suspects rented the personal watercraft – which carries certain legal requirements – or if either was under the influence of alcohol at the time.
Social media users have pointed to an account on Instagram with the handle of tublanquita1205 as the alleged Grapevine Lake hit and run jet ski operator .
The account belonging to Alejandra Glen, who as of Monday night had continued to remain at large following Sunday afternoon’s tragedy, received a deluge of comments from users demanding that she ‘turn herself in.’
