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The NTSB on Monday released a preliminary investigation into a fatal Tesla crash in April.
The agency said its tests indicate Autopilot cannot be used on the road where the crash happened.
Local police initially said there was no driver at the wheel when the accident occurred.
The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday released preliminary findings from its investigation into a fatal Tesla crash in April, offering new details about the incident but leaving key questions unanswered.
The agency said security camera footage from the owner s Houston-area residence showed him entering the driver s seat of the 2019 Model S. The passenger entered the front passenger s seat. Video then showed the car traveling roughly 550 feet before skipping over the curb and crashing into a tree.
A real backseat driver! Tesla owner is repeatedly snapped riding in the rear passenger seat of his car while it s on Autopilot
A Tesla Model 3 driver has been caught on camera sitting in the back seat while the car appears to be driving itself and on Autopilot
While the driver has not been identified, he could face dangerous driving charges if police caught him misusing the Autopilot feature
One sighting occurred in Berkeley, California while a second happened on a toll plaza to the San Francisco Bay Bridge
In recent weeks, the car company has come in for attention after a fatal accident in a Tesla in Texas found nobody was in the driver s seat at the time of the crash
Driver was killed and two were injured after Tesla crashed into overturned truck
The Tesla crashed into the truck on the 210 Freeway in California on Wednesday
Tesla driver, 35, died, while the truck driver, 50 and a motorist, 30 were injured
The California Highway Patrol is investigating why the Tesla crashed into truck
It is not known if the Tesla was operating on Autopilot when the crash occurred
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The Harris County Fire Marshal s Office released details about the Tesla crash that occurred on April 17.
The report offers new details about the fatal wreck, which police said happened with nobody driving.
Authorities haven t said if Autopilot played a role in the crash, but Tesla denies it was in operation.
Local officials have revealed new details about a violent Tesla crash that killed two people in Spring, Texas, on April 17.
An incident report from the Harris County Fire Marshal s Office confirms that neither of the two occupants were in the driver s seat when authorities arrived on the scene. Still, questions remain about whether or not Autopilot Tesla s suite of advanced driver-assistance features was enabled at the time of the crash.
REVEALED: Auto-pilot Tesla crash that killed two male passengers on private road ignited the electric car s battery that caused intense four-hour blaze that firefighters couldn t put out
Dr. William Varner, 59, and Everette Talbot, 69, both died when the Tesla Model S smashed into a tree and burst into flames in Texas on April 17
Police had said it was apparent that there was no one in the driver s seat at the time of the crash in the wealthy The Woodlands neighborhood, Houston
On Monday, Tesla refuted police s claims, saying a deformed steering wheel suggested that someone was likely in the driver´s seat