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Police In Arizona Release Dashcam Video Of Fatal Crash Involving Self-Driving Car

An external view shows 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, who suddenly appears in the headlights walking her bike. An interior view shows the safety driver in the moments leading up to the impact.

Investigators looking into the crash of an Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a woman crossing a road in Tempe, Arizona, earlier this week have released unsettling dashcam video of the incident.

In an exterior camera view, the Volvo XC90 SUV test vehicle is seen traveling the partially lit road when a woman, identified as

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