Video shows Uber operator moments before self-driving car crash that killed pedestrian

Tempe police have released two angles of a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV and a pedestrian on Sunday, March 18. PHOENIX -- The Tempe Police Department on Wednesday released a video that shows the moments before a self-driving Uber vehicle fatally hit a 49-year-old woman. The crash, which occurred about 10 p.m. Sunday on a street in Tempe, is believed to be the nation's first pedestrian death involving an autonomous vehicle. Police said the Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode when the crash happened. The vehicle had a backup operator behind the wheel, which is common in case the vehicle has to be taken out of self-driving mode. Officials identified the operator as 44-year-old Rafaela Vasquez.