This week, a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a woman in the American state of Arizona. The death is believed to be the first involving a fully autonomous car on U.S. public roads. The vehicle was operating in self-driving mode when it hit a 49-year-old woman crossing the street near the city of Phoenix. Police say Elaine Herzberg was walking with her bicycle outside the road’s crosswalk when she was struck. The Volvo SUV belonging to the ride-sharing company Uber was traveling at about 65 kilometers an hour. A driver was sitting in the vehicle’s seat even though the car was set to drive itself. After the crash, Uber announced it was halting all its road testing programs while the incident is investigated. Local and federal officials are taking part in the investigation.
Title: Deadly Crash of Self-Driving Car
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2428/self_driving_death.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Deadly Crash of Self-Driving Car' data-article-id='2975'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9604'>This week, a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a woman in the American state of Arizona.</span> <span data-start-time='9604' data-end-time='20083'>The death is believed to be the first involving a fully autonomous car on U.S. public roads.</span> <span data-start-time='20083' data-end-time='32667'>The vehicle was operating in self-driving mode when it hit a 49-year-old woman crossing the street near the city of Phoenix.</span> <span data-start-time='32667' data-end-time='42500'>Police say Elaine Herzberg was walking with her bicycle outside the road’s crosswalk when she was struck.</span> <span data-start-time='42500' data-end-time='53688'>The Volvo SUV belonging to the ride-sharing company Uber was traveling at about 65 kilometers an hour.</span> <span data-start-time='53688' data-end-time='62063'>A driver was sitting in the vehicle’s seat even though the car was set to drive itself.</span> <span data-start-time='62063' data-end-time='72292'>After the crash, Uber announced it was halting all its road testing programs while the incident is investigated.</span> <span data-start-time='72292' data-end-time='79000'>Local and federal officials are taking part in the investigation.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' 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