Four firefighters who were in the truck when it was struck on Interstate 680 early on Saturday morning were treated for minor injuries, said Tracie Dutter, assistant chief of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
The driver was declared dead at the scene, Dutter said. The car needed to be cut open to remove the passenger, who was taken to the hospital.In this photo released by Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, firefighters work the scene of a fatal accident involving a Tesla and Contra Costa County fire truck early Saturday morning.
California Highway Patrol Officer Adam Lane said it was not clear whether the driver may have been intoxicated or whether the Tesla Model S was operating with automation or driving assistance features. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating how Tesla's Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles parked on highways.Dutter said the truck had its lights on and was parked diagonally on northbound lanes of the freeway to protect responders to an earlier accident that did not result in injuries.
The fatal accident occurred about 4am, and it took several hours to clear the freeway. The fire truck had to be towed away.
Big Oil cucks
And that's why the fend off position exists in the fire service
Garbage headlines from a garbage 'news' station.
Where can I buy the remains of the car?
You do know every brand of car has accidents yeh?
Chanel 9 why don’t you report the millions died of Covid vaccine poison injuries you scum complicit low life’s
It could have been any vehicle.....
Why do u make a point of saying the car was a Tesla?, Is the make of the car the cause of the crash?, We all see regular articles regarding car crashes but the make of the car is normally not at all relevant or mentioned.
Drive to survive, keep in control of your own car & not let an AI or PC have full control, system mechanic did it ;)
How many other fatal accidents occur every day due to human error. MSM has a vendetta against Tesla because it doesn't pay them advertising dollars and scam that Elon Musk exposed at Twitter.
elonmusk
What cars, other than Teslas, have been involved in serious accidents over the last 25 hours, and why?
Insufferable Elon bros triggered because the car manufacturer is mentioned. ❄️
This is just really poor reportage from With the other countless international news stories that would actually make good press, you choose to report this because a petrol company slipped you a greasy fiver. Stick to Reuters if you want to know what real reporting is.
Yawn. I'm still buying a Tesla thanks for drilling my own ideas in my head
Would be interesting to see this story, but your website is glitchy and doesn't play the right videos or play at all in this case! For a national broadcaster that's absolutely atrocious!
Yo I’ve never seen a quicker response time from the emergency services
Meaningless & misleading news report.
Why mention Tesla, is it relevant I would assume no, more click bait bullshit !
Omg
“A driver has died plowing into a fire truck” Car brands are never mentioned in any other accidents, why here
WTF does the car being a Tesla have to do with it!? “Driver with human organ does” dies at the scene 🤦🏻♂️
Deep state rubbish media to discredit Elon Musk , not going to work as Elon has more credibility than you could dream as he allows truth 😉 should take notes if you want respect.
Lol keep using that autop pilot crap 🤡
Crashes happen every day. Are you going to report the make of the car each time or only when it's Tesla.
No words.
'A driver has died plowing into a fire truck' Fixed the headline for you!
Was it in autopilot or was the driver driving?
Which state or territory did this happen in Channel9? What California
Classic channel 9
AI didn't like that person
Bet elonmusk loves that 🤡
So why are we reporting american news? How is it relevant to us?
What's the point of this article? It's not in Australia it's unknown if it was in automation or of the driver was intoxicated
Anti EV Ch9 reporting every Tesla crash worldwide. So predictable and boring.
Confused. No mention of what the drover was doing. Bit it matters that its a tesla which happens to have a SEMI auto driving but the drover needs to pay attention
Why bring up the make of car? That’s stupid