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Waymo cars drive over lit fireworks on July 4, company investigates
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk at WSB-TV (ABC) - News
· July 6, 2026
· 2 min read
Waymo is reviewing an incident in which a passenger says the vehicle she was in drove over a lit firework on July 4.Read more trending news A video sent to KRON and KNTV shows a person setting off a firework in an intersection. As the firework explodes, someone in the video says, “Oh no, no, no, ...
Key takeaway ”Rose Peterson told KNTV, “We were pulling up to a four-way stop, and this guy was shooting off a firework in the middle of the road, and then our Waymo starts driving, and we’re like ‘Wait, what’s happening?
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Category: safety ·
Published: July 6, 2026 ·
Source: WSB-TV (ABC) - News ·
Reading time: 2 min
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What is this story about? Waymo is reviewing an incident in which a passenger says the vehicle she was in drove over a lit firework on July 4.Read more trending news A video sent to KRON and KNTV shows a person setting off a firework in an intersection. As the firework explodes, someone in the video says, “Oh no, no, no, ...
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