A San Francisco street-outreach worker suffered a battered hand after his car was struck by an autonomous Zoox vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to the worker’s manager.
Jamel Durden, a 30-something street ambassador with the group Ahsing Solutions who regularly patrols the streets of the Mission District, was ending his break at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and leaving his 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille when a Zoox robotaxi struck the driver’s side door.
Durden, who was trying to close the door, had his hand smashed as the Zoox struck his car near 15th and Mission streets, according to his manager, Terraine Miller, who said Durden relayed to him what happened.
Durden declined to answer questions…