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The recent incident had shaken many after the fatal accident of a self-driven Uber SUV car hitting a woman in Tempe Arizona had lost her life.

Investigators who were looking into the crash that opened in crossing in Tempe, Arizona. Earlier this week had released unsettling dashcam video of the incident. As per the news report, “In an exterior camera view, the Volvo XC90 SUV test vehicle is seen traveling the partially lit road when a woman, identified as 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, suddenly appears in the headlights as she walks a bicycle across the vehicle's lane. The fatal impact occurs in a split second.”

Another camera which was mounted inside the car is trained on the Uber safety driver, and is identified by Tempe police as Rafeal Vasquez, 44, whose job was to take over the operation of the vehicle if needed. The camera for the drivers gaze seems to be split between something inside the car and the road. His eyes appear to be diverted from the road for about 5 odd seconds before he looks up and suddenly gives a startled expression less than a second before the impact.

Sunday night fatal crash near Mill Avenue and Curry Road in Tempe marks the first pedestrian death which involved and autonomous vehicle on road.

Oh because the video released on Wednesday saying “disturbing and heartbreaking to watch," in a statement to The San Francisco Chronicle, adding further "our thoughts continue to be with Elaine's loved ones."

Devika was travelling at a speed of 38 mph at the time of the impact on the strength of the road that they possess that is 35 mph zone.

Following the accident, Vasquez reportedly told that Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir saying “it was like a flash, the person walked out in front." He added saying that "the first alert of the collision was the sound of the collision."

The expert however suggested that Technology employed in the Uber test vehicle should have been able to detect Herzberg and could have avoided the crash.

"The victim did not come out of nowhere. She's moving on a dark road, but it's an open road, so lidar (laser) and radar should have detected and classified her" As a human, Bryant Walker Smith, who is a layer professor in University of South California and studied autonomous vehicle, to the Associated Press.

"It absolutely should have been able to pick her up," Sam Ambuelsmaid said who is an analyst at Navigant Research who follows self-driving technology, to the Associated Press. "From what I can see in the video, it sure looks like the car is at fault, not the pedestrian."

Soon after the crash, Moir was put in quotes in an article by The Chronicles as saying she believed that the Uber drivers was not at fault even though her department have yet to make such a determination about the crash. The statement from Wednesday said that "Chief Moir and the Tempe Police Department would like to reaffirm that fault has not been determined in this case."

In a statement released along with the video, the Tempe police department told that its investigation of the incident “will address the operating condition of the vehicle, driver interaction with the vehicle, and opportunities of the vehicle or driver to detect the pedestrian that was struck.”

A part of the investigation that department send that it was cooperating with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Uber such that it would be looking into the technology which is in the vehicle and all its electronic data.

In a statement, Uber said "Our cars remain grounded, and we're assisting local, state and federal authorities in any way we can."

- By Kavita R