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Pedestrian killed after being thrown into path of Waymo vehicle in Dallas

S5 · 08/2026
23:30 · Waymo · Dallas, TX, USA

Record

CompanyWaymo
Categoryav trucking
Typefatality
Date08/2026
Time of day23:30
LocationDallas, TX, USA
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceDallas News

What happened

An SUV struck a pedestrian near Dallas' Medical District; the impact threw the victim into the path of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in the opposite lane, and he died. Reported by multiple outlets (Dallas News, CBS News, WFAA, Audacy) describing the same incident.

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