Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant
S3 · ~2023 · Starship · Tempe, AZ, USA
Record
| Company | Starship |
| Industry | Sidewalk delivery |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | ~2023 (year precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Tempe, AZ, USA · Arizona State University parking garage |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 1 robot / 1 person injured |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
A Starship autonomous delivery robot struck 73-year-old parking attendant Trudy Perez at an Arizona State University parking garage, reversing into her and allegedly causing a spinal fracture; she is suing Starship and its remote operator for negligence.
Primary source
KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism
Publisher: KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~2023 | Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant | KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism | KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / |
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