Uber suspends self-driving cars after a crash

Washington March 26 (IANS) US ride-hailing company Uber has suspended its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident involving one such vehicle the media reported on Sunday.

Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on a street in Arizona next to another badly damaged vehicle the BBC reported.

The car -- a Volvo SUV -- was in self-driving mode at the time of the crash on Friday Uber said in a statement on Saturday. No one was injured.

A police official said the accident occurred when the other vehicle failed to yield to the Uber car at a left turn.

There was a person behind the wheel. It is uncertain at this time if they were controlling the vehicle at the time of the collision the official said.

Uber s self-driving cars always have a human in the driving seat who can take over the controls.

The company pulled its self-driving vehicles off the road in Arizona at first followed by test sites in Pennsylvania and California -- all three states where it operated the vehicles.

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