More bad news for Tesla -- somebody driving one of their vehicles died this weekend after crashing into a firetruck ... and happened to be in the same model that's now facing a recall.
The accident happened Saturday in Walnut Creek, CA -- where officials say a Tesla Model S plowed into a fire engine that was blocking off a freeway to cover another crew that was clearing a separate accident on I-680. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and a passenger in the car as well was transported to a hospital ... their condition is unknown.Photos taken from the crash site show the Tesla completely crushed, and the truck was severely damaged as well.
Law enforcement says it's unclear if the driver was under the influence or if they were using a self-driving feature. If it's discovered the driver was, in fact, using the autopilot -- which has since come under major scrutiny -- it could spell more trouble for the EV company.Tesla is currently under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -- which is looking into how their automated driving system works in response to emergency vehicles on the road ...
There've been reports of other Tesla crashes as well in recent months -- and the self-driving feature has been suspected to be, in part, part of the reason. As a result, Tesla announced Thursday it was yanking several of its vehicles -- upwards of 363,000 -- off the market due to potential problems with their self-driving. The Model S was also included in the recall.
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FOX5Atlanta people get killed in Fords too....and Chevys....and Toyotas
Way to spread misinformation - no Tesla models are being 'yanked.' It's an over the air software update being released. Secondly, FSD clearly requires human attention. If you drive into a fire truck, you weren't paying attention.
Blame Elon 🤷♂️
A man attempting murder-suicide drove his Tesla, with his wife and two children, off a 350ft cliff out in Cali and all 4 miraculously survived because it was a Tesla 🤷♂️
And they want to start using those as police vehicles over the Explorers? Good luck when performing those pit maneuvers.
You Tesla defenders are some pathetic Musk cultists.
Idk if it’s the car so much. I just think the car technically might be over peoples heads. And they’re using it wrong. This is why our cars don’t fly yet.
Just because a Tesla had a wreck doesn’t mean it was the cars fault. Be better tmz Teslas are the highest safety rated cars on the market. You don’t post when a Ford crashes due to driver error.
Lab rats behind the wheel of teslas
Parts of this article about Tesla is so wrong it seems to be done on purpose. Where is CommunityNotes when you need them!?
You expect him to survive after hitting a damn firetruck?
Do you feel Tesla is safe?
A journalistic embarrassment. Maybe it’s time to go back to interviewing litigants on People’s Court.
Prayers.Sent.😇💗🌹😇
Absolutely crap reporting...
People in Cali can’t drive they’re nuts
WTF... This is an outright hit piece. TMZ used an accident and loss of life for click bait and lies.
CommunityNotes Little help here with this BS? Can get a suspension for this crap?
Ignorance and lies = TMZ
Well you can't really call him a driver, now can you.
“As a result, Tesla announced Thursday it was yanking several of its vehicles -- upwards of 363,000 -- off the market due to potential problems with their self-driving” such terrible journalism… Tesla ain’t yanking shit off of any market. It’s a simple over the air update.
Could it possibly be driver error?
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You do realize that a recall is just an over the air software update, right?
So he had a car accident…wheres the evidence its teslas fault? Man, the media is so slimy w creating a confirmation bias on purpose!!
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Company should be shut down
I can tell you're getting paid to hate Tesla lol
Back down to my buying level we hope
elonmusk fix this!!!!
Why is this news? If it was a different car company then no one would care.
Tesla drivers are the new BMW drivers on the road. Arrogant A holes. They are too busy weaving in and out of traffic, speeding. Now a Tesla driver slammed into a fire truck that was stopped at another accident, & has died.
Uhm I guarantee the vehicle wasn’t on AP or FSD. Was the emergency vehicle lights on before the crash if it was. That Tesla would have slowed down very rapidly and moved over like mine did the other night. Looking at the damage that Tesla was at a very high rate of speed!
Sooooo buy puts pretty much?
Any other car accidents ? TMZ “On average, there are over 6 million passenger car accidents in the U.S. every year.”
It's not really a recall, it's a software update, just like an update on your computer or smartphone.
Self-driving cars were reporting having problems seeing emergency vehicles too.
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Would you buy a Tesla? elonmusk
Shameful to make this post. Anyone with a Tesla knows this driver was manually driving in order for this to happen! Nothing to do with the recall that’s not really a recall, it’s a software update to refine driving behavior that’s already almost flawless! You guys suck
Do y’all publish an article every time someone does in a Ford F Series? Honda Accord? You have no idea if that is the Model S year even recalled, if it happened to have a beta version of AP but you still do it
WTF does this wreck have to do with the car, FYI people get in wrecks every day in non Tesla cars, This is shitty reporting at it's finest
elonmusk being under this tweet ...
Shorter: there is zero information about this incident, no clue if the driver even paid for the self driving feature, or was even using it if so, but TMZ has decided to try and affect the stock price anyway with an inflammatory headline. Where is the SECGov ?
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