A Tesla in auto-pilot mode slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol officer on I-4 just before 5 a.m. on Saturday.
Investigators say a Mercedes was broken down near Colonial Drive when a trooper stopped to help. The Tesla failed to slow down or change lanes and hit both the patrol car and the Mercedes.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happening now: Orange County. Trooper stopped to help a disabled motorist on I-4. When Tesla driving on “auto” mode struck the patrol car. Trooper was outside of car and extremely lucky to have not been struck. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/moveover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#moveover</a>. WB lanes of I-4 remain block as scene is being cleared. <a href="https://t.co/w9N7cE4bAR">pic.twitter.com/w9N7cE4bAR</a></p>— FHP Orlando (@FHPOrlando) <a href="https://twitter.com/FHPOrlando/status/1431565185899171840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Thankfully the trooper was able to get out of the way just in the nick of time. The owner of the Tesla was not hurt.
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FOX 35 News is working to find out what kind of charges the driver could be facing with the car on auto-pilot.
Source: FOX 35 Orlando
