A US police officer was seen chuckling after an accident that resulted in the death of an Indian student.

After an Indian student was fatally injured in an accident, a US cop was caught on camera laughing.

discussing the investigation into the accident involving 23-year-old graduate student Jaahnavi Kandula...

After an officer was captured on his body camera smiling and joking about an Indian-origin lady who was killed by a police patrol car in January of this year, the Seattle police union officials were the target of an investigation, according to the New York Post. 

Officer Daniel Auderer can be heard discussing the accident involving graduate student Jaahnavi Kandula, who was killed by his colleague, Officer Kevin Dave, on January 23, in the video that was made public on Monday. The 23-year-old attended Northeastern University's Seattle campus for her master's degree.

In the video, the vice president of the Seattle Police Officers' Guild, Daniel Auderer, can be heard saying, "She is dead," before laughing and referring to Ms. Kandula as "a regular person," during a call with the guild's president. Through fits of laughing, he continued, "Yeah, just write a cheque. A million and one dollars.

He misstates her age by saying: "She was 26 anyway, she had limited value" as the clip comes to a close.

Following the publication of the video, the Seattle Community Police Commission (CPC) released a statement in which they referred to the exchange between Mr. Auderer and his colleague as "heartbreaking and shockingly insensitive."The CPC continued, "The people of Seattle deserve better from a police department that is tasked with building community trust and ensuring public safetye 

Meanwhile, When the Police Accountability Office finished its investigation into the event, Anthill, the Seattle police department, which had shared the video "in the interest of transparency," stated it would not comment further.

Notably, Ms. Kandula, an Andhra Pradesh native from the Kurnool area, passed away in South Lake Union after being struck by a Seattle police patrol car. According to a statement from the Seattle Police Department, the officer operating the marked patrol SUV was headed north on Dexter Avenue North when the Seattle Fire Department and they were called to a "priority one call." According to the statement, the pedestrian was struck by the car as she crossed the street from east to west.

Initially, Auderer said the cop was not "out of control" and was driving his car at 50 miles per hour. Later, the police investigation discovered that the vehicle was travelling at 74 MPH when it struck Ms. Kandula. The King County Medical Examiner's Office claims that

Notably, Ms. Kandula, an Andhra Pradesh native from the Kurnool area, passed away in South Lake Union after being struck by a Seattle police patrol car. According to a statement from the Seattle Police Department, the officer operating the marked patrol SUV was headed north on Dexter Avenue North when the Seattle Fire Department and they were called to a "priority one call." According to the statement, the pedestrian was struck by the car as she crossed the street from east to west.

Initially, Auderer said the cop was not "out of control" and was driving his car at 50 miles per hour. Later, the police investigation discovered that the vehicle was travelling at 74 MPH when it struck Ms. Kandula. The King County Medical Examiner's Office claims There were numerous blunt force injuries, which led to death.


On schedule to graduate with a master's in information systems in December, Jaahnavi Kandula was a student at the Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union.