Fiery Tesla Crash Likely Caused By Misuse, Not By Autopilot

On April 16, two Spring, Texas men were killed when they crashed their Tesla. Firefighters battled the flames around the engulfed wreck for almost four hours. Officials reported the following day that no one was driving the Tesla: one passenger was in the back seat and the other was wearing their seatbelt in the front passenger seat. This caused immediate speculation that the two men were using the experimental autopilot feature on their Tesla, which caused the fatal accident.

Twitter user @WholeMarsBlog claimed that autopilot could not have been activated because there are no lines on the road where the crash occurred.