Tesla owner in fiery Texas crash was initially driving car
The Tesla logo. Investigators in Texas say the owner of a Tesla Model S whose body was found in the back seat after a fiery crash was at least initially in the driver’s seat.
(Rick Bowmer / Associated Press)
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The owner of a Tesla Inc. Model S that slammed into a tree last month, who died along with a passenger, was behind the wheel when the car left his house shortly before the crash.
A surveillance camera at the driver’s home in a Houston suburb captured the owner entering the driver’s seat before the car slowly drove away and accelerated, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Monday.
Doctor who died in driverless Tesla crash was filmed getting INTO the driver s seat but was found dead in the back and stumped investigators still don t know if autopilot was engaged
Dr William Varner died in April along with his friend Everette Talbot after the Tesla S 550ft from his home
The car caught fire after smashing into a tree and both of the men burned to death inside
Police at the time said one of them was found in the passenger seat and one was found in the back
One investigator called the crash driverless which drove the assumption they d used - or tried to use - Tesla s famous autopilot feature
The crash killed the 59-year-old owner and a 69-year-old passenger.
New York:
US safety officials investigating the cause of a Tesla Model S crash that killed two men in Texas last month said on Monday that testing suggested the vehicle s automated steering system was not available on the road where the accident occurred.
But the car s cruise-control function could still have been in operation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in its preliminary report.
The report drew no conclusions about the cause and circumstances of the fiery April 17 crash in a suburb of Houston. The NTSB and local police are still investigating.
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