Investigators found that Rafaela Vasquez was watching “The Voice” on her phone while driving.
The safety driver in an Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a pedestrian in 2018 has been charged with negligent homicide, Arizona officialsA passenger look on as he rides in a pilot model of an Uber self-driving car on September 13, 2016A grand jury charged Rafaela Vasquez with one count of negligent homicide for allegedly causing the death of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, who was crossing the street at night in Tempe, Arizona.
Vasquez who was the safety monitor in the self-driving test vehicle that hit Herzberg, failed to brake until it was too late, investigators said.The Tempe Police DepartmentProsecutors decided in 2019 that Uber is not criminally liable for the accident and
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