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Monday, March 19, 2018

Uber suspends self-driving program after driverless car hits and kills pedestrian

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UPDATE: March 19, 2018, 3:23 p.m. PDT Tempe police Sgt. Ronald Elcock at a Monday afternoon news briefing identified the Uber driver behind the wheel as Rafael Vasquez, 44. He said the driver was not impaired when the car, a Volvo, hit the woman, who had stepped out of the crosswalk mid-block. The car was going about 40 mph in autonomous mode, police said.

Earlier, Tempe police spokesperson Detective Lily Duran said in an email the crash was reported around 10 p.m. Sunday night. She did not have details on when the woman, identified as 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, died after she was taken to a hospital.  Read more...

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