The Tesla that killed a 76-year-old woman was speeding after the driver overrode self-driving, NTSB says
- The driver of a Tesla Model 3 that crashed into a Texas home at more than 70 mph, killing a 76-year-old woman, had overridden the vehicle's Full Self-Driving system moments before impact, federal investigators said Wednesday.
- A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board found the 44-year-old driver had activated Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system but then manually overrode it by fully depressing the accelerator before the June crash in Katy, Texas.
- Electronic data recovered from the 2025 Model 3 showed the car was traveling faster than 70 mph on a residential str
Confirmed
- A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board found the 44-year-old driver had activated Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system but then manually overrode it by fully depressing the accelerator before the June crash in Katy, Texas.
Unverified
- The driver of a Tesla Model 3 that crashed into a Texas home at more than 70 mph, killing a 76-year-old woman, had overridden the vehicle's Full Self-Driving system moments before impact, federal investigators said Wednesday.
- Electronic data recovered from the 2025 Model 3 showed the car was traveling faster than 70 mph on a residential str
Sources: The Hill, The Independent