Overview
- Witness video from West Sixth and Nueces shows a driverless Waymo stopped in the roadway as an ambulance waited, then reversed to reroute.
- Matthew Turnage, who ordered the ride via Uber, said the car became stuck and blocked emergency vehicles for a couple of minutes.
- An officer used the robotaxi’s speaker system to communicate with the company and directed the vehicle into a nearby garage, according to EMS officials cited by Axios.
- Austin officials said medics reached Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden within 57 seconds of the 1:59 a.m. call despite the temporary obstruction.
- Two people were killed and 14 wounded in the shooting; the suspect, 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, was killed by police, and the FBI says indicators suggest a possible terrorism nexus.