The owner of Tesla in the US died in a fire accident while driving a car early Technology News A preliminary report from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Commission provided the most accurate account of the accident, but did not answer a key question: When did the driver of the car move behind the wheel in the back seat? Last month, Tesla Inc. crashed into a tree. The owner of the Model S, who died along with a passenger, was behind the wheel when the car crashed before he left his home. A home surveillance camera caught the owner entering the driver’s seat before the car slowly pulled away and accelerated, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Commission said in a first report Monday.