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There are not many details released about the accident at this time. During Uber's autonomous driving mode testing, a self-driving car hit a women crossing the street outside of the marked crosswalk. At the time, there was a human safety driver behind the wheel of the vehicle. No details on to why he didn't interfere to prevent the accident.

As of now, this is the first self-driving car fatality. There have been previous accidents with self-driving cars but all the cases I have seen were not the fault of the self-driving car.

Uber has immediately suspended their self-driving car testing program until further notice. Beginning April 2nd, other companies will start using self-driving cars on public roads without any safety driver at the wheel. These events may delay that date but nothing has been announced.