Overview
- Surveillance and security videos show the van veering off the roadway onto a hillside, knocking down a street sign, then striking several parked cars.
- Cellphone footage from the scene shows deployed airbags, flat tires and significant damage to the Waymo vehicle and nearby cars.
- Waymo told local media the driver was an autonomous specialist operating the vehicle manually, and no one else was in the vehicle.
- Witnesses said the vehicle appeared to be moving far faster than typical on the steep one-way block, with one estimating a speed of up to 40 mph.
- Neighbors described a near-miss involving family members and voiced ongoing concerns about autonomous-vehicle operations on the short, narrow street near Dodger Stadium.