A Tesla driver was killed after his vehicle drove into the side of a fire engine that was blocking a California freeway. The fire truck was in the path of traffic.
The Tesla Model S veered directly into the side of the fire engine, which was positioned across the I-680 highway in Walnut Creek, east of San Francisco, to deal with a different accident, killing the driver just before 4 a.m. on Saturday.
Tesla Driver Killed, Passenger Injured After Crashing Into Parked Fire Truck
Following the collision, one of the passengers was brought to the hospital; their condition is unclear. The passenger had to be taken out of the automobile by being sliced open.
The California Highway Patrol was unsure if the driver was intoxicated or if the vehicle was on Autopilot mode. Saturday’s cleanup of an incident on a motorway in northern California resulted in a fatality after a Tesla struck a fire truck protecting first responders attending to another accident.
The firefighters safeguarded the first responders who responded to the second collision. At approximately four in the morning, an accident between a Tesla Model S and a stopped truck on Interstate 680 resulted in the driver’s death, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Assistant Chief Tracie Dutter reported that four firefighters in the ladder truck had minor injuries and were sent to the hospital. Numerous photographs posted on the organization’s Facebook page depicted the heavily damaged front end of the Tesla and the $1.4 million vehicle being prepared for transport.
Dutter noted that the truck’s lights were on and that it was positioned diagonally in the northbound lanes of the freeway in order to protect first responders who were attending to a previous collision that did not result in any injuries. This accident had occurred earlier.
Read more: Melting of Antarctica’s Thwaites Doomsday Glacier is bad news for global sea level rise
Accidents Involving Parked Police, Fire Vehicles
California Highway Patrol Officer Adam Lane claimed that it was not immediately apparent if the driver was inebriated or if the Tesla was functioning with automation or driving assistance functions.
Officer Lane also indicated that it was unknown if Tesla was operating with automation or driver assistance functions.
After at least 16 accidents that involved parked police or fire vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aggressively researching how Tesla’s Autopilot technology recognizes and responds to emergency vehicles parked on roadways.
Due to the risk of problems with the cars’ Full Self-Driving mode, Tesla recalled about 363,000 vehicles on Thursday.
The recall affected Model S and Model X cars from 2016 to 2023, Model 3 models from 2017 to 2023, and Model Y models from 2020 to 2023. All of these models had FSD Beta software installed or were in the process of installing it.
