Tesla driver says Autopilot was engaged before fatal crash into Texas home kills 76-year-old woman
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Fred Lambert
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A Tesla driver told Harris County investigators that his vehicle was on Autopilot before it crashed through a brick wall of a home in Katy, Texas, killing a 76-year-old woman inside. The crash occurred around 8 p.m. Friday when the Tesla failed to make a right turn at an intersection and continued forward at high speed, leaving the residential road and striking a home.
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· 3 pulledA driver told Harris County investigators that his Tesla was on Autopilot before it left a residential road in Katy, Texas, crashed through the brick wall of a home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside.
The Tesla failed to make a right turn at an intersection and continued forward at a high rate of speed before...
The crash happened around 8 p.m. Friday in the 21300 block of Rose Hollow Lane, according to the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office and the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
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