Cruise, the company behind the autonomous vehicle, said another driver initially struck the woman and launched her into the path of the driverless car.
First responders arrived at 5th and Market Streets just after 9:30 p.m. and found the woman underneath the left rear axle of a stopped Cruise autonomous vehicle, San Francisco Fire Capt. Justin Shore told
Officers rendered aid to the woman and medics rushed to her a hospital for life-threatening injuries, said Officer Robert Rueca, a San Francisco Police Department spokesman.Cruise said its autonomous vehicle remained at the scene of he crash at the request of police, while the driver of the other vehicle fled the scene.remained on scene and no driver was inside the vehicle at the time of the collision. It was unclear for how long the woman was trapped under the self-driving vehicle.
Without a driver or witnesses, fire officials said it was unclear for how long the woman was trapped beneath the autonomous car. CALIFORNIA DMV REQUESTS CRUISE TO HALVE DRIVERLESS CAR FLEET AFTER COLLISION WITH FIRETRUCK IN SAN FRANCISCO
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