LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police have cited the driver of a semi-truck that crashed with a self-operating shuttle bus on the day the driverless vehicle debuted.
Officer Aden Ocampo-Gomez says the citation was for illegal backing. No injuries were reported Wednesday.
The electric vehicle developed by the French company Navya collided with the semi-truck less than two hours after people began to take rides. The bus has an attendant and computer monitor but no steering wheel or brake pedals.
City spokesman Jace Radke says the shuttle stopped when it sensed the truck was approaching, but the truck didn't stop.
Ocampo-Gomez says one of the semi-truck's tires tapped the front bumper of the bus. The shuttle doesn't have any dents.
Radke says the shuttle took two more loops after the crash.