A driver sped a car through a protest-related closure and hit demonstrators on Interstate 5 in Seattle. Authorities say one woman suffered life-threatening injuries, another has serious injuries, and the driver is in custody.
SEATTLE — Two women were struck by a car whose driver sped through a protest-related closure on a freeway, authorities said early Saturday.
“A vehicle drove through the closure and struck multiple pedestrians on the freeway,” the State Patrol’s District 2 public information account for King County tweeted shortly after 2 a.m. Just before midnight, he had tweeted that portions of Interstate 5 were closed because of protests.The vehicle was stopped and the driver was in custody, the State Patrol account tweeted. Charges remain under investigation, as does the motive and point of entry onto the interstate.
A nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “Black Femme March takes I-5” from Diaz Love ended abruptly; with about 15 seconds left, shouts of “Car!” can be heard as the camera starts to shake before screeching tires and the sound of impact are heard. The Associated Press could not immediately reach her.
Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead said at the press conference that protesters had shut down the interstate for 19 days in a row. He emphasized that the freeway is “simply not a safe place for pedestrians,” and said he hoped protesters would reconsider what he termed illegal activity “as a result of this tragedy.”
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