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Death of Jaahnavi Kandula

2023 death caused by car collision in Seattle, United States

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The death of Jaahnavi Kandula occurred in Seattle, Washington on January 23, 2023, when Seattle Police Department officer Kevin Dave hit her in his police vehicle as she crossed the street in a marked crosswalk. Kandula was a graduate student from India at Northeastern University's Seattle campus preparing to graduate with a master's in Information Systems in December 2023. Dave was driving 74 miles per hour (119 km/h) without a continuous siren while responding to a drug overdose call, and the street had a normal speed limit of 25 miles per hour (40 km/h), making his speed a Class "A" traffic violation subject to a $440 fine. Kandula died after the collision threw her 138 feet (42 m).

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