An 18-year-old woman about to begin her first year at the U.S. Air Force Academy was killed when a personal watercraft hit her kayak on a Texas lake over Memorial Day weekend, setting off a pursuit by law enforcement that ended in the arrests of two people.

Authorities have arrested two people, one accused of fatally striking a U.S. Air Force Academy cadet with a jet ski on a northern Texas lake over the weekend and a male who allegedly helped her flee the scene.

Moore’s kayak was struck by a high-speed personal watercraft carrying two women, according to a release Wednesday from the Texas Parks and Wildlife department that credits the Texas Game Wardens, Grapevine Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations for the arrests.

The illegal alien accused of killing Ava Moore and another suspect were found with packed bags when they were arrested by Dallas Police Tuesday.

The Air Force Academy is mourning the loss of an 18-year-old cadet candidate who died in a tragic lake incident over

Ava Moore, 18, who had only just joined the US Air Force, died after she was struck by a jet ski while kayaking on Grapevine Lake on Sunday evening.

An 18-year-old identified as Ava Moore was fatally struck by a jet ski while kayaking on Grapevine Lake in Texas on Sunday, May 25, Texas Game Wardens said in a news release. The Grapevine Police Department has released a photograph of the female suspect who allegedly fled the scene amid their investigation.