{"id":12330,"date":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/a-self-driving-uber-car-has-been-involved-in-a-fatal-accident\/"},"modified":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","slug":"a-self-driving-uber-car-has-been-involved-in-a-fatal-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/a-self-driving-uber-car-has-been-involved-in-a-fatal-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"A Self-Driving Uber Car Has Been Involved In A Fatal Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Elaine Herzberg, 49, was struck by the Volvo SUV, which had an operator in the driver\u2019s seat and was traveling at 64kph at the time.<\/h3>\n<p>Ms Herzberg was rushed to hospital but did not survive.<\/p>\n\n<p>An Uber communications Twitter account posted a message saying the company\u2019s \u201chearts go out to the victim\u2019s family\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cWe\u2019re fully cooperating with @TempePolice and local authorities as they investigate this incident.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the incident was \u201cincredibly sad\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;We\u2019re thinking of the victim\u2019s family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened,&#8221; Mr Khosrowshahi tweeted.<\/h3>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police: Female pedestrian has died after being hit by an Uber self-driving vehicle, which was rolling in autonomous mode with a driver behind the wheel, while she was walking outside of crosswalk while crossing road in Tempe, Arizona. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2iR2fFfHLV\">https:\/\/t.co\/2iR2fFfHLV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/975855695781392384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elaine Herzberg, 49, was struck by the Volvo SUV, which had an operator in the driver\u2019s seat and was traveling at 64kph at the time. 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