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U.S. NEWS Thursday 26 July 2018

Cat sitter dies after suburban

Denver basement floods

DENVER (AP) — A woman searching in the murky wa- of the street and ended up
died after rain from the lat- ter that reached up to the in front of the house," he
est round of strong Colo- ceiling. No one else was in said. The rain also caused a
rado storms flooded the the unit. Haber was unre- sinkhole to open in nearby
suburban Denver base- sponsive and taken to the Sheridan, swallowing a ve-
ment apartment she was hospital, where she died hicle, but the driver was Utility worker Dino Rodriguez measures 16 feet to the bottom of a
staying in to take care of Wednesday morning. able to get out in time. The hole that was created in Old Pueblo Rd. south of Fountain, Colo.,
a friend's cat, police said The coroner said an autop- muddy and mangled Toy- Tuesday, July 24, 2018.
Wednesday. People who sy showed injuries consis- ota RAV4 was pulled from Associated Press
live upstairs in the Engle- tent with drowning, but fur- the hole on Wednesday.
wood home called police ther tests on how she died In southwestern Colorado, back to Durango, The Du- and when the Hanover Fire
Tuesday because they were still pending. water and debris closed rango Herald reported. Department responded to
were concerned about Read told The Denver Post roads near an area burned Another sinkhole opened the cave-in, their fire truck
their neighbor in the base- the water in the neighbor- by a large wildfire north earlier Tuesday south of also fell into the hole. Both
ment unit, police spokes- hood was knee-high when of Durango. The flooding Colorado Springs after vehicles were removed
man Chad Read said. The officers arrived. stopped the Durango & Sil- flooding washed out a cul- early Tuesday morning.
neighbor was not at home "There was water in the front verton Narrow Gauge Rail- vert following heavy rain Two firefighters and the driv-
but officers found Rachael yards, backyards and a car road, leading about 800 there on Monday. er of the first vehicle were
Marie Haber, 32, after actually floated down part passengers to be bused A vehicle fell into the culvert taken to the hospital.q

Pittsburgh sees hands-on restart of Uber's self-driving cars

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Uber erators will have their hands the car was in autonomous
has taken the first step to- on the wheel at all times mode. Uber halted the pro-
ward relaunching its self- and the other will docu- gram in all of its test markets
driving cars on Pittsburgh- ment any incidents or issues to launch a safety review of
area streets four months for future adjustments. the cars and training. The
after a fatal accident in- A car in autonomous mode cars for now are not being
volving one of the cars in is operated or driven with- reintroduced in the other
Arizona. out active physical control test markets including San
A spokeswoman said the by a person sitting in the Francisco and Toronto.
company put a handful of driver's seat, while a driver Meyhofer said the cars will
vehicles back on the road operating in manual mode now have driver-monitor-
at noon Tuesday, with some has the ability to brake, turn ing systems that alert a re-
safety modifications to the the steering wheel or con- mote monitor if the drivers
cars and driver training. But trol other operations. are not being attentive.
for now, the cars won't be "Building best-in-class self- Uber's collision avoidance
free of human control or re- driving technology will take This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Uber app on an iPad system, which was already
spond to ride-hailing calls. time, and safety is our prior- in Baltimore. built into the cars, will now
The rollout, taking place ity every step of the way," Associated Press remain enabled during
only in Pittsburgh where Eric Meyhofer, head of manual driving.
the bulk of Uber's engineer- Uber Advanced Technolo- since the fatal accident in vestigative report by the The in-car front tablet that
ing outfit and test track is gies Group, wrote in a blog Tempe, Arizona, in March. National Transportation is used to show traffic pat-
located, will run the cars entry posted to Medium. Elaine Herzberg was struck and Safety Board showed terns and upcoming direc-
only in manual mode with com Tuesday. and killed by a self-driving the driver had been tions has been modified
two safety operators called Meyhofer outlined some car as she crossed a dark- streaming a television show "to further reduce potential
"mission specialists" in the of the changes that have ened road outside of the for more than 40 minutes distractions while the ve-
front seat. One of the op- been made to the cars crosswalk. A 300-page in- before the accident while hicle is in motion." q