And on tonight's episode of ADam-15...
Posted on 01/29/2023 4:22:11 PM PST by BenLurkin
A college graduate student was reportedly struck and killed by a speeding Seattle police car responding to a “high-priority” call near the college where she studied.
Jaahnavi Kandula, 23 — the daughter of a single-mom school teacher in India — was in a crosswalk near Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street around 8 p.m. Monday when she was mowed down by the squad car...
Kandula, who was working on a master’s degree at Northeastern University’s Seattle campus, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The police officer behind the wheel, who was not identified, remains on the job.
But the department did not release details of the fatal mishap pending an investigation.
Northeastern Dean David Thurman called Kandula a “stellar student and a delightful and effervescent human being,” KJR-FM reported..
According to the reports, the cop was speeding to the 700 block of 6th Avenue North with firefighters when Kandula was fatally struck...
“I feel bad for the officer,” one eyewitness told the station. “I can’t imagine how he feels. And I saw the emotion from him, and he seemed pretty bent out of shape about it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Seattle bkmk
Suddenly jabbed by a police car.
Tragic, I’ve seen people who walking around wearing ear buds not paying attention to traffic.
Big question is if the cop had his sirens on.
Another tragic story of a rogue assault police car
Shouldn’t have got the jab
And on tonight's episode of ADam-15...
Sudden and unexpected of a different sort.
> Big question is if the cop had his sirens on. <
I wonder how much that matters. The driver of a vehicle is ultimately responsible for driving that vehicle safely. And a vehicle must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk.
I feel really bad for this cop. He did not mean to hurt anyone. But I think this accident is on him, sirens or not.
Two questions come to my mind:
(1) Were lights and sirens activated?
(2) What was the actual nature of the “high-priority call”?
There was a case in this area years ago. A police officer was responding with lights, no sirens, to a fistfight. A car pulled out in front and was struck. The struck vehicle spun and the driver was ejected and killed.
Lessons: use both lights and sirens while driving with due regard. Wear a seatbelt.
The student was killed by a car or the person driving the car.
<>(2) What was the actual nature of the “high-priority call”?<>
It’s described in the article.
That's not very helpful. If it was a fire or a heart attack, police certainly don't need to be in a rush to be the first ones there.
Maybe the cop was acting as an escort for the fire department or was to be security for the firemen at the scene of the fire ... it being Seattle, that is an extremely good possibility.
Take heed...Crosswalks mean nothing, zip, and green lights kill. Neither come with guarantees.
Don't know what she was up to but I've seen people in crosswalks act like it's some safety barrier from physics and just ignore the multi-ton hunk of steel coming at them, even at night. It might be the driver's fault but that's not going to bring someone back to life or prevent a lifetime in a wheelchair.
Fire apparatus have their own lights and sirens, so they shouldn’t need an escort. But there very well could have been some assault or domestic violence reported or in progress. I hope to hear the follow-up someday.
What was the foreigner studying? Did we lose a future congressman or Supreme Court justice?
Working on her master of science in information systems, I think.
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