(Reuters) – A Tesla driver in California died early on Saturday after crashing right into a fire truck on an interstate freeway, the fire division stated.
U.S. regulators are investigating Tesla automobiles with the Autopilot driver help system over a string of crashes with parked emergency automobiles.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to Reuters requests for remark outdoors of enterprise hours.
The Contra Costa County Fire Safety District Division stated in a tweet {that a} passenger in the Tesla was taken to the hospital in essential situation. An official stated 4 firefighters had been launched with minor accidents after analysis.
The division stated the truck had been blocking lanes of I-680 after a earlier accident.
The Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration stated on Thursday its investigation, opened in 2021, “into Tesla’s Autopilot and related automobile programs stays open and lively.” It’s reviewing whether or not Tesla automobiles adequately guarantee drivers are paying consideration.
The assertion adopted Tesla saying a recall of greater than 362,000 U.S. automobiles to replace its Full Self-Driving Beta software program after regulators raised issues concerning the driver help system didn’t adequately adhere to site visitors security legal guidelines and will trigger crashes.
(Reporting by Urvi Dugar and Sneha Bhowmik in Bengaluru; Enhancing by William Mallard)
