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Drone crash injures spectators at Seattle Pride parade
Current state
A drone crashed during Seattle Pride on 28 June 2015 and injured spectators. Police recovered the damaged aircraft. The city later reported a jury conviction for reckless endangerment, with testimony describing a concussion and a separate minor bruise.
Evidence states
| Drone presence | confirmed · sources [1], [2], [3] |
|---|---|
| Impact | confirmed · sources [1], [2], [3] |
| Attribution | convicted · sources [3] |
Police initially reported one spectator knocked unconscious. The later prosecution account describes a concussion and a second spectator with a minor bruise. These are reports from different stages of the same case, not separate events or cumulative counts of three victims.
The initial police investigation and later City Attorney verdict report are original records from the same municipality and count as one publisher family. GeekWire provides separate court-document reporting but also uses the city prosecution account. Shared case evidence is explicit: these are not independent investigations. Recovery of the aircraft and the trial account support confirmed drone involvement.
Claims
3 sources · 2 original statements. Sources that repeat the same statement count once.
| Claim and source passage | Original source | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Police received the damaged drone as evidence. “handed over the damaged drone” [1] | Seattle Police Department (relayed) | supports: Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification. |
| The prosecution described concussion testimony. “woman who suffered a concussion” [3] | Seattle City Attorney trial account (relayed) | supports: Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification. |
| The official verdict statement reports a jury conviction. “jury on Friday convicted” [3] | Seattle City Attorney (relayed) | supports: Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification. |
Not established
The event date is the Sunday preceding the police article of Monday29June2015; conviction follow-up is January2017, not a new incident. The selected verdict statement gives maximum statutory penalties, not an imposed sentence; no sentence length is asserted. No claim about later appeal outcomes, device model or responsible organisation. Private names, victim ages, street addresses and airborne positions are omitted.
The City Attorney reported a jury conviction for reckless endangerment in this incident. A private operator is not named; no organisational or state attribution established.
Chronology
- 28 Jun 2015: Drone crashes at Seattle Pride; spectators injured and damaged drone later taken into police evidence. [1]
- 13 Jan 2017: City Attorney reports jury conviction and injury testimony from the trial. [3]
Sources
- Seattle Police: recovered drone and initial injury investigation (2015-06-29, source family: city-of-seattle)
https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2015/06/29/woman-knocked-unconscious-at-parade-by-falling-drone/ - GeekWire: court-document reporting and conviction follow-up (2017-01-16, source family: geekwire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/man-convicted-after-out-of-control-drone-hits-building-knocks-woman-unconscious-during-2015-seattle-pride-parade/ - Seattle City Attorney: jury verdict and trial testimony (2017-01-13, source family: city-of-seattle)
https://news.seattle.gov/2017/01/13/city-attorneys-office-prevails-in-drone-case/
How to cite
DroneLedger. “Drone crash injures spectators at Seattle Pride parade.” Dossier seattle-pride-parade-drone-injury-2015-06-28, revision 1, updated 16 Oct 2026. https://droneincidents.com/incident/seattle-pride-parade-drone-injury-2015-06-28/v1/
Editorial changes
- Revision 1 (2026-10-16): Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line.
Evidence states: confirmed = established by the cited evidence; reported = stated by a source, not independently established; inconclusive; debunked; unknown. A claim by a party to a conflict remains a claim. Methodology: https://droneincidents.com/methodology/