Three years ago, accomplished musician Koti Hu was sitting in his Datsun, waiting for the ramp light on 405 to turn green, when he was rear-ended by a white pick-up truck. Yesterday, a jury ruled in Hu’s favor, saying the accident that made him a quadriplegic was partially the fault of the driver, but also partially the fault of Washington State’s Department of Transportation. After the jump, check out the video explaining why 12 men and women felt the a poorly-designed highway was to blame for Hu’s accident.
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