Backup driver in 2018 Uber self-driving crash pleads guilty

The logo of Uber is seen at a temporary showroom at the Promenade road during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

(Reuters) -The backup safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber Technologies test vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018 pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to probation, prosecutors said.

Rafaela Vasquez, who was charged with negligent homicide in 2020, pleaded guilty to endangerment, a reduced charge, and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation, the Maricopa County Attorney's office said. Uber and a lawyer for Vasquez did not immediately respond to requests for comment.