{"id":15310,"date":"2025-01-08T12:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=15310"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:32:54","slug":"seattle-cop-who-fatally-hit-student-faces-110000000-lawsuit-after-being-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=15310","title":{"rendered":"Seattle cop who fatally hit student faces $110,000,000 lawsuit after being fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaahnavi Kandula was fatally struck by a police car in January 2023<\/h2>\n

It’s been two years since the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, and the officer driving the police vehicle that hit her has been fired.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In January 2023, the 23-year-old college student was struck by a car driven by Seattle cop Kevin Dave.<\/p>\n

Another officer, Daniel Auderer, was fired in relation to Kandula’s death last year, but Dave was only dropped from the force on Monday (January 6).<\/p>\n

While Auderer was not directly involved with the incident,\u00a0disturbing bodycam footage heard him laughing<\/a>\u00a0after learning that Kandula was dead.<\/p>\n

Wrongly stating that the student was 26, he said that she had ‘limited value’.<\/p>\n

Auderer had been dispatched to determine whether Dave was impaired when he hit Kandula, according\u00a0to<\/a>\u00a0NBC News.<\/p>\n

He was let go from the force in July 2024 for his ‘callous laughter’ regarding Kandula’s passing.<\/p>\n

Nowm Dave has been fired as well, after the Seattle Office of\u00a0Police<\/a>\u00a0Accountability found he had violated four department policies.<\/p>\n

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Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, died in January 2023 (Facebook)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Speaking about Dave’s recent dismissal, interim police chief Sue Rahr said in an email to employees: “I believe the officer did not intend to hurt anyone that night and that he was trying to get to a possible overdose victim as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

“However, I cannot accept the tragic consequences of his dangerous driving.”<\/p>\n

The email went on,\u00a0as per<\/a>\u00a0CNN: “His positive intent does not mitigate the poor decision that caused the loss of a human life and brought discredit to the Seattle Police Department.”<\/p>\n

His firing comes after he and the police department were slapped with a huge\u00a0$110 million<\/a>\u00a0lawsuit from Kandula’s family back in September.<\/p>\n

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The young woman was crossing the road when she was struck (KOMO News)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The wrongful death and negligence lawsuit suit, filed in King County Superior Court, alleges that Kandula ‘experienced terror, severe emotional distress, and severe pain and suffering before dying’ from injuries suffered when she was struck by Dave\u2019s speeding Seattle police SUV at an unregulated crosswalk,\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0The Seattle Times.<\/p>\n

Dave was driving 74 mph in a 25 mph zone at the time of the incident, knocking Kandula nearly 137 feet.<\/p>\n

The officer performed CPR on her after she was struck, but the college student later died at Harborview Medical Center.<\/p>\n

The trail is set to begin in September of this year – a year on from the suit being filed.<\/p>\n

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact\u00a0<\/em>GrieveWell<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on (734) 975-0238, or email\u00a0info@grievewell.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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