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CPUC orders Cruise to pay $112,500 in penalties

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Driverless car company Cruise has been hit with a penalty for withholding information involving a pedestrian crash.

The crash was reported on Oct. 2 in San Francisco when Cruise’s driverless cars dragged a woman 20 feet after failing to recognize she was trapped underneath the vehicle.

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday ruled Cruise will have to pay the maximum penalty: $112,500, which is $7,500 for each of the 15 days the company withheld complete information about the incident.

CPUC also said Cruise's permit to shuttle passengers will remain suspended and did not give a date when it would be reinstated.

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