Self-driving Uber car killed woman pushing her bicycle across the road

Autonomous Uber car hit and killed Elaine Herzberg as she walked her bike across a road in Arizona

Uber autonomous vehicle. Photo by ANGELO MERENDINO/AFP/Getty Images

(Image credit: ANGELO MERENDINO/AFP/Getty Images)

Uber's trial of self-driving cars has been suspended after one of its vehicles hit and killed a 49-year-old woman who was pushing her bicycle across the road in Arizona, USA, on Sunday.

The car was reportedly driving in autonomous mode at the time of the collision, although a vehicle operator was present in the car at the time.

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