A self-driving car from Uber Technologies Inc. struck a woman who died Monday in Tempe, Ariz., local police say, in what is believed to be the first known fatality of a pedestrian from a driverless vehicle.
Following the accident overnight, Uber is temporarily pulling its self-driving cars off the roads in Tempe, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Toronto, where it is testing them, a spokeswoman said. She said Uber is investigating the incident and cooperating with authorities.
Tempe police said the Uber vehicle, which included a human operator to assist at the wheel, struck a woman while she was crossing the road outside of a crosswalk. The woman later died of her injuries, according to the police statement.
“Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona,” wrote Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
on Twitter Monday. “We’re thinking of the victim’s family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened.”
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com
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