A 14-year-old is charged in fire that destroyed a driverless Waymo vehicle

The Waymo conveyance was acceptable connected occurrence with fireworks. | Image: Frisco Live 415

The San Francisco Police Department has identified and served a hunt warrant connected a teen who is suspected of starting a occurrence successful a Waymo self-driving taxi conveyance earlier this year.

On March 27th, investigators entered the suspect’s residence and seized grounds that connects the 14-year-old antheral with the February incidental successful which a assemblage destroyed the driverless car.

The probe was conducted by the SFPD Arson Task Force, which identified the fishy and developed probable origin for the hunt warrant. The territory attorney’s bureau has filed charges against the insignificant portion the juvenile probation section is deciding whether to enactment the fishy successful custody earlier a tribunal hearing.

The February 10th occurrence was reportedly caused by lit fireworks that were tossed wrong the conveyance arsenic it was surrounded by a assemblage successful Chinatown. Involved suspects were seen smashing windows and different parts with skateboards earlier leaving a fiery carcass for firefighters to enactment out.

In the past year, San Francisco residents person dealt with self-driving taxi annoyances, including blocked roadways and a Waymo car crashing into a occurrence truck. California’s DMV had suspended operations for Waymo’s rival Cruise successful October aft 1 of the company's vehicles struck and dragged a pedestrian who was initially struck by a quality driver. A Waymo car besides hit a bicyclist earlier this year.