Tesla Model 3 hits parked police car with emergency lights activated

A Tesla Model 3 reportedly with its Autopilot driver assistance system engaged slammed into a parked police car with its emergency lights activated on an interstate road in Orlando, Florida. 

The 2019 Tesla narrowly missed the police car driver, who was helping the driver of a Mercedes, and collided with the other vehicle. The trooper whose cruiser was hit shortly had activated his emergency lights.

The Tesla driver and the driver of the disabled vehicle suffered minor injuries. The trooper was unhurt.

The driver claimed he was using Autopilot, Tesla's partially automated driving system, at the time of the crash. 

➖ August 2021. The US government announced a sweeping investigation into Tesla's Autopilot driving system.

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