Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian in Arizona
Arizona [United States], March 19 (ANI): A self-driving car operated by taxi aggregator, Uber on Sunday evening hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona
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Mar 19, 2018 23:56 IST
Arizona [United States], March 19 (ANI): A self-driving car operated by taxi aggregator, Uber on Sunday evening hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona
In response, Uber quickly halted its self-driving cars as the crash is under investigation.
According to The New York Times, the Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode with a human safety driver at the wheel when it struck the woman, who was crossing the street outside of a crosswalk, the Tempe police said in a statement.
It appears to be the first known death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous vehicle on public roads.
A spokeswoman from Uber said that the company was "fully cooperating" with the local authorities.
The company said that it had suspended testing of its self-driving cars in the cities of Tempe, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto.
The woman has not been publicly identified. (ANI)