"KitKat died after a driverless Waymo ran over the back half of his body on Oct. 27 shortly before midnight, right in front of his home of six years. The Google-owned company confirmed late on Oct. 30 that one of its vehicles hit the cat. "We reviewed this, and while our vehicle was stopped to pick up passengers, a nearby cat darted under our vehicle as it was pulling away," read the company's statement."
"The next morning, Mission Local spoke to Benjamin Wallo and Lisa Massenzio, who had just left Dalva, a bar a few feet down, and witnessed the accident. They said that KitKat had been sitting in front of the Waymo for about five to eight seconds before he went under the vehicle and proceeded to head toward the sidewalk. Jeff Klein, a third witness, was driving eastbound on 16th Street that night."
KitKat, the long-time bodega cat at Randa's Market, died after a driverless Waymo ran over the back half of his body on Oct. 27 shortly before midnight. The Google-owned company confirmed that one of its vehicles hit the cat and initially stated the cat darted under the vehicle as it pulled away. Multiple witnesses reported that KitKat sat in front of the Waymo for several seconds before the vehicle moved and that the vehicle appeared to accelerate and swerve. Randa's Market surveillance footage released by the owner corroborated the witnesses' accounts. Waymo has not provided onboard video or responded to those witness accounts.
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