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Uber driver was watching video just before fatal self-driving crash, police report says

Uber safety driver Rafaela Vasquez is pictured looking down prior to the crash. (Screen grab)
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By:
Heather Somerville
June 22, 2018 05:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a television show on her phone right up until about the time of a fatal accident in March, deeming the crash "entirely avoidable."

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