A Waymo self-driving vehicle hit a child pedestrian near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California, on Friday. Waymo addressed the incident in a Wednesday blog post, noting it “voluntarily contacted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that same day.”
NHTSA told Waymo it plans to investigate the incident, according to the blog post. Waymo added, “we will cooperate fully with them throughout the process.”
Alphabet-owned Waymo, which operates a robotaxi service around the…

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