Self-drive Uber death

A SELF-DRIVING Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in Phoenix, Arizona in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle.

Uber has suspended all road-testing of such cars in the Phoenix area, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto.

The Volvo was in self-driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it hit 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in suburban Phoenix as she was walking a bicycle outside the lines of a crosswalk, police said.

She died at a hospital. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi expressed condolences on his Twitter account. and said the company is working with local law enforcement on the investigation.