US opens probe into fatal Tesla crash into Texas home


Tesla logo is seen in this illustration taken July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

WASHINGTON, June ⁠22 (Reuters) - A U.S. ⁠agency on Monday said ‌it is opening a new special crash investigation ​into the June ⁠19 fatal ⁠crash of a Tesla Model ⁠3 ‌that struck a Katy, ⁠Texas, home allegedly using an ​advanced ‌driver assistance system that ⁠fatally ​injured a 76-year-old woman.

Since 2016, the National ⁠Highway Traffic Safety ​Administration has opened more than three dozen Tesla ⁠special crash investigations where advanced driver assistance systems such as Autopilot ​were suspected ⁠of being used with ​20 crash ‌deaths reported.

(Reporting by ​David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul)

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