Rafaela Vasquez, the backup driver of an Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) self-driving vehicle involved in a fatal collision in 2018, pled guilty to endangerment. The landmark case marked the first fatality with a fully autonomous car, raising questions about responsibility in such accidents.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Garbarino, who accepted the plea agreement, sentenced Vasquez, 49, to three years of supervised probation for the crash that killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg.
