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'Her Life Was Cut Very Short': Grandmother Killed After Tesla Crashes Into Texas Home
Investigators are determining whether the Tesla’s autopilot played a role after the crash left a woman in her 70s dead and the driver hospitalized.
- On Friday night in Katy, Texas, a Tesla crashed into a home on Rose Hollow Lane, killing a 76-year-old woman inside and hospitaling the 44-year-old driver, authorities said.
- The driver told Harris County investigators his Tesla was on Autopilot before the vehicle failed to make a turn at high speed, though investigators are determining the exact cause.
- Accident investigator Alex Turman noted officials are verifying whether automated features were engaged, clarifying that neither Autopilot nor "Full Self-Driving" makes a Tesla autonomous.
- No charges had been filed as of Saturday afternoon, while Tesla faces mounting regulatory pressure as NHTSA conducts engineering analysis of roughly 2.9 million vehicles.
- Critics argue Tesla's marketing convinces drivers they can disengage, a concern reinforced by a Tesla engineer's admission last year that the company failed to maintain Autopilot crash records for three years.
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Tesla in Self-Driving Mode Crashes Into Texas Home, Woman Killed
A woman was killed after a Tesla Model 3 reportedly operating in self-driving mode crashed into a residential home in Katy, Texas, on Friday night, according to local authorities. Tesla in Self-Driving Mode Crashes Into Texas Home, Woman Killed.
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