Transportation
General Motors’ Cruise Unit Loses Nine More Executives as Fallout Worsens
- COO, legal and government affairs heads are among departures
- Moves follow company’s analysis of Oct. 2 pedestrian accident
A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco.
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Cruise LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit controlled by General Motors Co., has dismissed nine top executives, including Chief Operating Officer Gil West and the heads of legal and government affairs.
The company is trying to regain the trust of regulators and the public following an investigation by California regulators into an incident in which one of its cars struck and dragged a pedestrian for 20 feet. Regulators say the company withheld a key video that showed the pedestrian under the car.