The man died not long afterward.
It didnt take long for the autonomous vehicles to be blamed for the mans death.
Aflurry of press storiesblaming the robotaxis for the incident followed.
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Its now become apparent, however, that the story is more complicated than that.
Neither the bus driver nor passengers appeared to notice that Davis had been struck.
This week, officials releaseda statementthat clarified that Cruise had not officially been blamed for Daviss death.
We look forward to continued and increased collaboration with SFFD on our shared goal of road safety.
Under such circumstances, it only stands to reason that locals would feel annoyed, if not outright alarmed.
Only time will tell whether that wariness is justified or not.
The documents were actually acquired via a public information request.
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