The incident wasn’t fatal, but foreshadows the response of when autonomous vehicles inevitably cause harm to a human.

A driverless Waymo robotaxi hit and slightly injured a child in California, the Google sister company said, arguing that its software braked the car faster than a human would have been able to. In a ...

Unfortunately, we’re already starting to see some. A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23. Luckily, the child suffered only minor injuries.

A Waymo taxi strikes a child in Santa Monica, triggering a federal probe. Plus, Josh D'Amaro is Disney's next CEO. Watch the ...

Officials said the child ran across the street from behind a double-parked SUV toward the school and was hit by the Waymo AV.

The crash occurred within two blocks of an elementary school in Santa Monica, California during normal student drop-off hours, according to NHTSA.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening an investigation into a recent accident involving a student.

Discover the latest on Waymo's self-driving technology as it faces scrutiny after a collision with a pedestrian in Santa Monica.