cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16497781

A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said.

The officer was on traffic control duty blocking Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton for an investigation into a suspected DUI crash that left a motorcyclist dead around 9 p.m. Wednesday when his vehicle was struck.

A Fullerton Police Department spokesperson said the officer was standing outside his vehicle around midnight when he saw a Tesla driving in his direction and not slowing down.

  • NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    16 days ago

    The spokesperson said that the Tesla was in self-drive mode and the driver admitted to being on a cellphone at the time of the crash.

    Not sure where you got that from?