Seattle protests: Female killed immediately after vehicle strikes protesters

A lady has died after a car sped into a group of protesters on a closed highway in Seattle, officers say.

The car or truck “drove by the closure and struck a number of pedestrians”, a Washington Condition Patrol tweet said.

Summer season Taylor, 24, died hours later on, while a next woman was significantly harm. A suspect has been arrested.

There has been prolonged unrest in Seattle considering that African-American George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis in May perhaps.

Protests have been widespread throughout the US beneath the Black Lives Matter movement.

The incident with the vehicle occurred on Saturday early morning at a southbound segment of Interstate-5 that had been shut ahead of a women’s march.

Part of the protest had been stay-streamed on social media underneath the headline “Black Femme March requires I-5”.

Footage posted on Twitter showed a white auto speeding together the highway at about 01:40 (08:40 GMT), just before swerving to stay away from two stationary autos positioned as a roadblock, then hitting the two individuals.

The suspect – 27-12 months-old Dawit Kelete of Seattle – has been charged with two counts of vehicular assault. Police have not stated no matter whether it was a targeted attack.

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