On Monday night, a cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with a fire truck in the city of Berlin, Germany, resulting in the injury of one passenger.
The incident occurred at around 11pm, local time, when the cruise robotaxi was travelling along Zepernicker Chaussee when it collided with the fire truck. Eye-witnesses report that the fire truck appeared to be turning out of a side street as the robotaxi approached, and the robotaxi’s safety sensors failed to detect it in time.
The result of the collision was that the robotaxi was thrown off balance and came to a halt, while the truck sustained minor damage. However, the passenger travelling in the robotaxi was not so lucky, and sustained serious injuries in the crash.
The passenger, a man in his early thirties, was taken to hospital where he is now recovering from his injuries. The extent of his injuries is unknown, but it is understood that he is in a stable condition.
The incident has caused alarm amongst regulators, who are now launching an investigation into the crash. This is the first serious incident involving a cruise robotaxi, and it is hoped that regulators will be able to identify what went wrong and rectify it to ensure that such an accident does not happen again.
At this stage, it is uncertain what action will be taken against the operator of the robotaxi, but we can be confident that the authorities will take any lessons learnt from this incident to ensure similar accidents don’t occur in future.
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