Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car

New York Times - Sep 18, 2026

Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.

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