Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged when Model 3 crashed into truck, report states

Tesla’s advanced driver assist system, Autopilot, was active when a Model 3 driven by a 50-year-old Florida man crashed into the side of a tractor trailer truck on March 1st, the National Transportation Safety Board states in a report released on Thursday. Investigators reviewed video and preliminary data and found that neither the driver nor Autopilot executed evasive maneuvers before striking the truck.

NTSB issued preliminary report Thursday for its ongoing investigation of the fatal, March 1, 2019, highway crash near Delray Beach, Florida. The preliminary report is available at; https://t.co/KsUmeOFh2p

— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) May 16, 2019

The driver, Jeremy Beren Banner, was killed in the crash. It is at least the fourth fatal crash of a Tesla vehicle involving Autopilot. A Tesla spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The crash was eerily similar to another one involving a Tesla in 2016 near Gainesville. In that incident, Joshua Brown was killed when his Model S sedan collided with a semitrailer truck on a Florida highway in May 2016, making him the first known fatality in a semi-autonomous car.

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/16/18627766/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash-delray-florida-ntsb-model-3