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Narrowest escape at midnight: self-driving Tesla crashes into police cruiser while driver checks phone, nearly mowing down officer and another dispatcher car investigating fatal traffic accident
The officer was standing outside his patrol vehicle, with its emergency lights on, and managed to jump out of the way before the driver of a blue Tesla crashed into his car, authorities said. A police dispatcher, who was riding in the patrol vehicle, also moved out of the way of the crash.
The Tesla driver admitted he was operating the vehicle in self-driving mode while using his cellphone. The crash comes months after Tesla settled a lawsuit with the family of a Bay Area engineer who died in a 2018 crash while using the company’s semiautonomous self-driving feature. Tesla agreed to settle the case for an undisclosed amount.
Tesla’s so-called Full Self-Driving and Autopilot systems help with braking, steering and changing lanes but aren’t completely autonomous. U.S. regulators have investigated hundreds of collisions, some of them deadly, that occurred while the Autopilot feature was engaged.
The officer leaped out of the way as the Tesla plowed into the patrol vehicle. The cop car spun around and suffered damage to its front end. Images of the blue Tesla show its airbags deployed and severe front-end damage. The police officer was uninjured. KTLA reported that a Fullerton spokesperson said the Tesla driver admitted they were using Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode. They also admitted to being on their cell phone during the wreck.
