"ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Shocking new surveillance video shows the moments a Waymo vehicle crashed into several parked cars in Los Angeles. One man nearby narrowly missed getting hit. Waymo told our sister station KABC-TV in LA that there were no riders in the Waymo at the time of the crash, and the vehicle was in "manual driving mode," meaning a Waymo autonomous specialist was behind the wheel when it crashed, and the vehicle was not self-driving."
"Home surveillance video captured the wreck on a narrow street near Dodger Stadium. It involved a new Waymo model that the company is rolling out -- a robotaxi with a van-like design called the "Ojai." Waymo says the specialist was driving the vehicle when, for some reason, it left the roadway and then crashed into several parked cars."
""When I turned my face that way, I saw the car coming straight, fast. He was hitting all the plants until he went up the hill, and my reaction was running, run!" Salvador Donantonio said."
Surveillance video shows a Waymo vehicle leave the roadway and crash into several parked cars on a narrow street near Dodger Stadium in Echo Park, Los Angeles. The vehicle was a new van-like robotaxi model called the "Ojai," which Waymo plans to add to operations later this year. The vehicle was in manual driving mode with an autonomous specialist behind the wheel and no riders onboard when it crashed. A man unloading groceries narrowly avoided being struck after the vehicle hit his car and nearby plants. The employee driver was not injured and the cause of the loss of control was not specified.
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