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Cruise robotaxi drags pedestrian after being struck by another car

S4 · 10/02
2023 · 21:30 · Cruise (General Motors) · San Francisco, CA, USA

Record

CompanyCruise (General Motors)
Categoryother
Typeinjury
Date10/02
2023
Time of day21:30
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceBerliner Morgenpost

What happened

A GM Cruise robotaxi ('Panini') struck and dragged a pedestrian roughly 20 feet in San Francisco after she was thrown into its path by a hit-and-run driver; the vehicle's tire came to rest on her leg. Led California DMV to suspend Cruise's permits.

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