In a gruesome crash, a car struck a pedestrian in San Francisco and then tossed them in front of a Cruise driverless vehicle. The pedestrian was trapped for several minutes.
San Francisco firefighters work to free a woman trapped under a Cruise robotaxi on Monday night. SAN FRANCISCO — A pedestrian crossing a busy intersection was struck by a regular car Monday night and hurled beneath a Cruise autonomous vehicle where she was trapped for several minutes until firefighters freed her, according to emergency responders and a video of the crash viewed by The Washington Post.The victim was taken to the hospital where she was in critical condition on Tuesday.
As the cars moved forward, the pedestrian entered the traffic lanes in front of them, according to the video, and was struck by the regular car. The video shows the victim rolling onto that vehicle’s windshield and then being flung into the path of the driverless car, which stopped once it collided with the woman.
“The initial impact was severe and launched the pedestrian directly in front of the” Cruise vehicle, Lindow said in a statement. “Our heartfelt concern and focus is the well-being of the person who was injured and we are actively working with police to help identify the responsible driver.”There was no passenger on board the Cruise vehicle.
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