Tempe Woman Elaine Herzberg Named As Woman Killed By AZ Autonomous Uber Vehicle

Elaine Herzberg has been named as the Tempe pedestrian killed by a self-driving Uber car.

Herzberg, 49, was hit and killed n Sunday night in Tempe, Arizona, police said, in what appears to be the first case of a pedestrian death caused by an autonomous vehicle.

The vehicle was in “autonomous mode at the time of the collision, with a vehicle operator behind the wheel,” Tempe police said in a statement. source

The female pedestrian, identified as Herzberg, was walking her bicycle across the street outside the crosswalk when she was struck, police said, adding that an investigation is ongoing.