Arizona halts Uber’s driverless car trials after fatality

State’s governor had been an advocate of self-driving vehicles

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One of Uber’s self-driving Volvo XC90s was involved in the Arizona incident
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Arizona governor Doug Ducey has suspended Uber from testing its driverless cars in the US state after a woman was killed by one of the company’s self-driving vehicles.

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