Arizona police release video of fatal collision with Uber self-driving SUV


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  • Thursday, 22 Mar 2018

A still frame taken from video released March 21, 2018 shows the interior view of an unidentified operator in a self-driving Uber vehicle reacting as she looks through the windshield leading up to a fatal collision in Tempe, Arizona, U.S. on March 18, 2018. Tempe Police Department/Handout via REUTERS

TEMPE, Ariz./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in Arizona on Wednesday released a short video of a fatal collision between an Uber self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian, as investigators probe the accident that has put new focus on the safety of autonomous vehicles.

The video, taken from inside the Volvo XC90 sport utility vehicle that Uber has used for testing, shows the vehicle driving along a dark road when an image of a woman walking a bicycle across the road suddenly appears in the headlights.

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