A Seattle police officer who struck and killed a graduate student from India with his vehicle while responding to an overdose call in 2023 has been fired.

Jaahnavi Kandula was crossing the street at a crosswalk when she was struck by a police cruiser being driven by officer Kevin Dave in January 2023

SEATTLE, WA – Interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr announced on January 6 that she has terminated Officer Kevin Dave, who struck and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula in January 2023 while speeding in his patrol car.

Interim Seattle police chief Sue Rahr announced Monday that Kevin Dave was fired over the Jan. 23, 2023 incident where Jaahnavi Kandula was killed when the former officer sped through a crosswalk.

Seattle’s interim police chief on Monday fired the officer who fatally struck a 23-year-old graduate student from India with his patrol vehicle in January 2023 while responding to a call.

A Seattle police officer who hit and killed a 23-year-old student from India in a crosswalk nearly two years ago has been fired for dangerous driving,

Two years on from Jaahnavi Kandula's death and Kevin Dave, the officer driving the car that hit the student, has been fired

Seattle’s interim police chief, Sue Rahr, has terminated officer Kevin Dave following a city investigation into the tragic death of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old graduate student from India. The incident occurred in January 2023 when Dave,

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 main image shows dashcam video from the night Jaahnavi Kandula was struck and killed in Seattle. The inset image shows a photo of Kandula. (Images: Seattle Police Department; Jaahnavi Kandula's GoFundMe page; MyNorthwest photo compilation)

Officer Kevin Dave was fired nearly two years after hitting Jaahnavi Kandula with his patrol car on Dexter Avenue while responding to an overdose call.