Davit Kelete's attorney said the collision on a Seattle freeway was a 'horrible accident.'
Attorney John Henry Browne, left, stands in view of a video feed as his client, Dawit Kelete, sits in a during a court appearance on July 6, 2020.
Davit Kelete was also charged with vehicular assault and reckless driving, the King County Prosecutor's officeKelete drove his car onto the I-5 freeway just past 1:30 a.m. Saturday after the road had been closed off because of ongoing protests against racism and police brutality.shows the vehicle plowing into protesters, and two people being launched into the air.
The state patrol had shut down the freeway as a precaution, but Kelete is believed to have entered the freeway from an exit ramp.his client did not intend to hit the protesters and called the incident a"horrible, horrible accident."
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