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Justice Department and SEC investigate Cruise robotaxi after pedestrian-dragging crash

S4 · 01/25
2024 · Cruise (GM) · San Francisco, CA, USA

Record

CompanyCruise (GM)
Categoryother
Typeregulatory
Date01/25
2024
Time of daynot documented
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceSmart Cities Dive

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Federal authorities opened investigations into Cruise, GM's robotaxi unit, following a 2023 incident in which a pedestrian was struck by another vehicle and then dragged by a Cruise autonomous vehicle in San Francisco.

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