In the wake of a high-profile Tesla crash that killed two in a Houston suburb, the Austin Fire Department is planning electric car-centric training that will prepare its firefighters for these types of vehicle fires.
The training will help Austin firefighters decide, based on the hazards the system presents to us, how are we going to change our tactics to fight electric car fires, Austin Fire Battalion Chief Matt Holmes said.
Two people died Saturday in The Woodlands after their Tesla hit a tree and burst into flames, according to a Harris County constable.
One person was in the passenger seat and another was in the back of the vehicle, but no one was behind the wheel, Constable Mark Herman said. However, the vehicle did not have autopilot enabled, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Tesla s autopilot requires that drivers keep their hands on the wheel when the feature is engaged.
9-year-old son of Stephen Broderick sought driver s help after family killed, affidavit says
The boy was only a few days shy of his 10th birthday on the morning that he would see his mom, his half-sister and her boyfriend alive for the last time, as they pulled into a Northwest Austin parking lot for a scheduled supervised visit with his estranged father.
Instead of greeting his son with a hug and presents, the father rammed his vehicle into the family s car, pulled a handgun and began to fire without warning, the boy told police, forcing him to flee and seek shelter in a passing driver s car, according to court documents.
A grand jury will consider whether criminal charges should be brought against a driver who shot and killed a man during a Black Lives Matter protest last summer, the Travis County district attorney s office announced Friday.
Daniel Perry shot Garrett Foster, 28, in July 2020 an act that Perry s attorney said was in self-defense. Foster was carrying an assault-style rifle, which is legal in Texas under open carry laws, and approached the car after Perry drove down Congress Avenue where protesters were walking. Perry drew his own weapon and shot Foster, according to police.
Austin police later detained Perry, but did not arrest him.
Wife of slain Austin jeweler Ted Shaughnessy voices grief, betrayal as hitman sentenced
The wife of slain Austin jeweler Ted Shaughnessy conveyed her despair, grief and sense of betrayal Wednesday immediately after one of the hitmen who killed her husband and who was hired by her son pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
The plea deal for Johnny Leon III, 24, was negotiated on the heels of two other identical agreed-upon punishments in the case. The son, 22-year-old Nicolas Shaughnessy, and another hired hitman, 23-year-old Arieon Smith, pleaded guilty to murder last week and were also sentenced to 35 years each.
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