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Toyota Suspends Self-Driving Bus Use After One Strikes Paralympian Aramitsu Kitazono

Toyota has suspended the use of its self-driving car fleet, otherwise known as e-Palette vehicles, after one of them struck visually-impaired Japanese Paralympic judoka Aramitsu Kitazono, per Frances Agustin of Business Insider.

The Asahi Shimbun provided details on what happened to Kitazono, who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in 2010.

Kitazono was crossing a pedestrian crosswalk in the village that connects residential facilities and main dining halls at around 2 p.m. on Aug. 26. Then, a large electric vehicle made a right turn into the crosswalk and hit Kitazono.