Authorities reported, publishing a picture of the culprit, that an 18-year-old basketball star who had recently enlisted in the US Air Force had died after being involved in a horrifying jet ski hit-and-run in Texas.
According to authorities, two women on a jet ski allegedly crashed into victim Ava Moore on Sunday night as she was kayaking on Grapevine Lake in Grapevine.
“Once she came out of the water, I had them lay her down and started helping at that point,” witness Lisa Scrabeck stated. “Started life-saving measures to help the young girl.”
Moore, a 2024 graduate of Fort Worth Timber Creek High School and an exceptional basketball player, was taken to the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and declared dead.
According to authorities, the woman who was operating the jet ski quickly left the scene in a car with a male, hitting another car on the way out.
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Police interrogated the second woman on the jet ski who stayed behind.
In an attempt to find the suspected jet ski driver, police flashed out a picture of her.
“We are grieving the loss of our daughter at this time…. Our prayers are also with the young ladies involved, along with their families,” her family stated.
