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Uber Operator Was Watching ‘The Voice’ Before Self-Driving Crash
- Arizona police obtained records from streaming serve Hulu
- Fatal crash of Uber SUV in March termed ‘entirely avoidable’
Investigators examine the driverless Uber SUV that fatally struck a woman in Tempe, Arizona.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board
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The backup “safety driver” in an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in March was streaming the popular television show “The Voice” on her mobile phone in the moments before the crash, according to police in Arizona.
A 318-page report filed by the Tempe Police Department refutes driver Rafaela Vasquez’s previous statement to federal safety investigators that she wasn’t using her mobile devices when the car struck and killed a woman who was crossing the street at night.