$1.2 Million Bail for Man Who Struck Protesters Blocking Highway

Emergency workers tend to an injured person on the ground after a driver hit two of a group that was blocking the Interstate 5 freeway in Seattle on July 4, 2020. James Anderson via AP

The man who struck two protesters blocking a highway in Seattle saw his bail set at $1.2 million on Monday.

Dawit Kelete, a black man, was captured on video footage swerving around vehicles that protesters had angled across the highway before hitting two women, one of whom died.