Tesla Driver That Killed Motorcyclist Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Was Autopilot Activated?


by Carscoops

Carscoops— Driver admitted looking down at his cellphone in the seconds prior to the fatal collision near Seattle

Fortune—Tesla driver said he was using Autopilot and looking at his phone before a crash that killed a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist, Jeffrey Nissen, 28, was under the car and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities reported.

USA Today—Tesla that fatally hit Washington motorcyclist may have been in autopilot; driver arrested. Jeffrey Nissen was killed in a crash with a Tesla on Friday. The driver says he was on the company's autopilot system when the crash happened.

Main Line Media News—Norristown man charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed Ambler woman. A Norristown man, who authorities alleged was speeding at the time of a two-vehicle crash that killed a woman in the second vehicle, is facing vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges.