Less than two months after a self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona; local news stations are reporting that a Waymo minivan in autonomous mode was involved in a crash in Chandler, Arizona.
The head-on collision occurred at the intersection of Chandler Boulevard and Los Feliz Drive, said Seth Tyler, a Chandler Police Department detective.
However, as opposed to the Uber incident, Tyler told Phoenix New Times:
“The Waymo vehicle is not the violator vehicle. It just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
The driver behind the wheel of the Waymo minivan sustained minor injuries, Tyler said, but he could not confirm whether the other driver had injuries. Both vehicles had to be towed after the collision, which was first reported by ABC15.
All of which is positive since the Waymo CEO John Krafcik proudly proclaimed following the Uber crash in March that his company’s technology would have avoided the crash.
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