A visually impaired Paralympian was hit by a self-driving bus in the athletes' village in Tokyo, suffering head and leg injuries, Japanese media said Friday.
The Paralympic flag is displayed during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 24, 2021.
One of its electric buses “made contact with a pedestrian who is visually impaired” on a pedestrian crossing, Toyota said in a statement. Several major local media outlets named the injured pedestrian as Japanese judo athlete Aramitsu Kitazono. Two bus operators — on board to supervise the autonomous driving — said they noticed the athlete, but thought he would stop walking as the bus was approaching, according to Japan’s Asahi daily.
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