Uber's fatal self-driving car crash prompts NTSB investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board is opening an investigation into the fatal accident involving one of Uber's self-driving cars in Tempe, Arizona. NTSB sending team to investigate Uber crash in Tempe, Arizona. Uber's self-driving car accident that resulted in a woman's death raises a number of questions about insurance and liability. Although the car was in self-driving mode, there was a safety driver behind the wheel who theoretically should have been able to intervene. Uber has since halted its self-driving car tests in Arizona, Pittsburgh and California.