Seattle’s interim police chief said Monday that she has fired a police officer who in 2023 struck and killed a graduate student from India while responding to an overdose call.

The officer was fired nearly two years after hitting and killing Jaahnavi Kandula with his patrol car while responding to a call.

Seattle police officer Kevin Dave, who hit and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula in a crosswalk in January of 2023, has been fired.

Interim Chief of Police Sue Rahr announced she'd fired SPD Officer Kevin Dave in an internal email Monday. The decision comes as the result of a January 2023 incident in which Dave struck and killed 23-year-old college student Jaahnavi Kandula while she was crossing a crosswalk.

Interim Seattle police Chief Sue Rahr announced Monday that she has fired Kevin Dave, the officer who killed Jaahnavi Kandula in a South Lake Union crosswalk while speeding in his cruiser.

The Seattle officer who struck and killed 23-year-old grad student Jaahnavi Kandula with his police cruiser two years ago has been fired.

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer who hit and killed a 23-year-old woman in January 2023 has been fired, Jason Rantz of KTTH and KIRO Newsradio confirm. In their reporting, The Stranger and The Seattle Times both referred to an email SPD Interim Chief Sue Rahr sent internally within the department making the announcement.

In a significant development, a Seattle police officer who killed Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in January 2023 when the patrol vehicle he was driving struck her, has been fired from the police department,

Seattle police officer fired for killing Indian student in tragic accident, bringing closure and justice for victim's family.