‘I f–ked up’: Bodycam footage launched after grad scholar killed by rushing cop automotive

The Seattle cop who struck and killed a grad scholar in January whereas rushing with out his siren on admitted he “f–ked up” after the tragic crash, newly launched bodycam video reveals.

Officer Kevin Dave was responding to a “excessive precedence” name at upwards of 74 mph when he hit and killed Jaahnavi Kandula in a crosswalk at 8 p.m. on Jan. 23.

Dave had chirped his siren, however didn’t have it working constantly, as he plowed into Kandula — a 23-year-old grasp’s scholar at Northeastern College’s Seattle campus, footage launched by prosecutors and published in part by PubliCola Thursday confirmed.

The video shared by the outlet didn’t embody the second Dave’s automotive hit the younger girl, out of respect for Kandula’s household.

Prosecutors had been reportedly weighing fees in opposition to Dave for his failure to deploy his siren to “warn others of the emergency nature of the state of affairs,” as required by police protocol.

“I f–ked up,” Dave was heard saying after the lethal incident on the intersection of Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Avenue, the place the velocity limits are 25 and 20 mph respectively.

Within the footage, a loud roar from Dave’s patrol automotive might be heard because the speedometer reveals he accelerated as much as 74 miles per hour at one level.

Moments after reaching the highest velocity, he might be seen slowing down the automotive earlier than placing Kandula on the fateful intersection.

Bodycam video confirmed the officer then performing CPR on Kandula after the collision.

“Lights had been on. I used to be chirping the sirens…she was within the crosswalk. She noticed me, she began working via the crosswalk. Slammed on my breaks. Began staying again the place she ought to earlier than crossing,” Dave might be heard within the video telling a responding officer.

In different bodycam footage, Dave might be heard saying, “I can have 100 minutes. I might have…there’s nothing for me to do proper now, however sit. And that’s the f–king worst factor that…you simply have to sit down right here. So many questions which can be unanswered, so many questions.”

The Workplace of Police Accountability continues investigating whether or not Dave complied with division coverage.

Officers with the county prosecutors workplace mentioned a call on attainable fees will seemingly come by early August.

Kandula arrived in Seattle from Bengaluru, India again in 2021 to obtain a grasp’s diploma at Northeastern College, in accordance with the school. She was pursuing a Grasp of Science in Data Programs on the School of Engineering and was set to graduate this December.

Her grieving household mentioned they had been “heartbroken” in January after the tragic accident, telling KJR-FM radio she was the daughter of a single mom who all the time prioritized her schooling.

“Jaahnavi’s tragic and premature demise has left her household and group with an enormous gap of their hearts that can by no means be repaired,” the assertion mentioned. “She was a daughter to a single mom who teaches elementary faculty in India.”

“Despite incomes lower than [$200] per 30 days, her mom educated Jaahnavi and inspired her to [travel to] the US hoping Jaahnavi would have a greater future and a greater life overseas,” it mentioned. “Her mom’s hopes and goals are lower quick now.”

In its personal assertion following the incident, the Seattle Police Division expressed its “deepest condolences to Kandula’s household, and known as it “a horrible tragedy for everybody concerned.”