{"id":70431,"date":"2026-05-22T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/70431\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:58:17","slug":"swiss-pensioner-dies-after-driverless-delivery-van-accident-in-zurich-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/70431\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss pensioner dies after driverless delivery van accident in Zurich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779461896_180_631d970d9f15ef745e165810c67f0ca20e85f19b-91458577.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Pensioner dies after accident with driverless van in Zurich\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                For an unknown reason the driverless vehicle rolled several metres and hit the pedestrian on the pavement in the H\u00f6ngg district of Zurich.            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        A pensioner has died in hospital after being hit by a driverless delivery van on Thursday on a sidewalk in Zurich.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        May 22, 2026 &#8211; 14:18\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The elderly woman died after suffering life-threatining injuries on Thursday evening, Zurich city police said on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred early on Thursday afternoon in the H\u00f6ngg district of Zurich. According to initial investigations, a parked delivery van started moving at around 1pm away from the intersection of Michelstrasse and Engadinerweg towards Regensdorferstrasse for reasons that are still unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The driverless vehicle rolled several metres and hit the pedestrian on the pavement.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779461896_226_postauto.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"Post Auto tested the first automated bus in Switzerland\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss AI\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Explainer: Switzerland gears up for driverless transport era    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Jan 10, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                What impact will autonomous transport have in Switzerland, and can we expect to see a flood of driverless cars any time soon?            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-ai\/explainer-switzerland-gears-up-for-driverless-transport-era\/88704020\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Explainer: Switzerland gears up for driverless transport era<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paramedics took the woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n<p>The Zurich public prosecutor\u2019s office and the city police have launched an investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779461897_104_loxo.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"Switzerland has road tested some 30 driverless vehicle projects\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss AI\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss roads could see driverless vehicles within three years    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        May 27, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                A recent Swiss law change has raised the possibility of automated vehicles operating in real-life conditions in around three years.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-ai\/swiss-roads-could-see-driverless-vehicles-within-three-years\/89351723\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss roads could see driverless vehicles within three years<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translated from German by AI\/sb<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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