Officers responded to the crash, which occurred at around 2 p.m. local time on January 17 near the intersection of 15th and Mission Streets, according to the department. The Zoox robotaxi was traveling along 15th street when a street ambassador named Jamel Durden opened the driver's-side door of his 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, according to Mission Local, which first reported the crash. Durden's hand was reportedly smashed during the crash, and the Zoox vehicle suffered damage to its glass doors. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) told TechCrunch the Zoox vehicle was carrying a passenger at the time, which has not been previously reported. That passenger was an employee of Zoox, according to the company, and was not injured, which the SFPD confirmed. The police department declined to provide TechCrunch with an incident report '[d]ue to the fact it is still an open investigation.' Zoox filed its own police report about the incident, the company told TechCrunch, but said no...
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