They were participating in the Black Femme March against police brutality in Seattle, Wash, when the vehicle made its way onto the closed Seattle freeway and hit Summer and another protestor called Diaz Love, 32.
Summer was rushed to hospital, but succumbed to their injuries later that evening at the Harborview Medical Center. The driver has been identified as 27-year-old Dawit Kelete, who reportedly kept driving for two miles after hitting the protestors before being stopped by authorities.
He was booked into a King County Jail on vehicular assault. Police described Dawit as “reserved” and “sullen” throughout his time in custody and revealed he took a sobriety test that proved he was not under the influence.