i informally measured the time between the warning (a protestor shouting “car! car!” to the other protestors as revealed by one of the victim’s livestreamed videos) and the impacts as roughly 7 seconds. in those seven seconds, the two victims can be seen on the bridge video as moving from the far right lane or emergency lane of the freeway to a faster lane. imho, situational awareness would dictate moving away from the center of the freeway lanes and towards if not past the emergency lane.
btw, the name of the driver gets no hits on google news, so apparently the scrubbers are busy on this event...
His name is Dawit. You can't make up this stuff.
if the victim’s video is indicative of both victims’ attention, their attention was directed across the freeway, perpendicular to the direction of the oncoming automobile being driven in the normal direction of traffic flow for that part of the freeway.
In other words, the victims apparently had little situational awareness of the danger that was present or oncoming, or else were actively seeking to challenge the oncoming automobile driver by using their own bodies in an attempt to block the approaching automobile and driver.