Autonomous vehicle company Cruise LLC agreed to a $500,000 fine Thursday after admitting to a false report following a crash last year in which one of its vehicles dragged a pedestrian in.

Cruise, the San Francisco self-driving car company, agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $500,000 for hiding information about the October 2023 pedestrian crash.

Autonomous driving company Cruise has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine after it admitted to covering up a crash that happened in San Francisco last year, the United States Department of Justice announced.