TSLA Slides: Autopilot Blamed After Tesla “Accelerates”, Rolls Over Into Minnesota Marsh

Monday, July 17, 2017
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jul 17, 2017

One reason why Tesla may be trading over 3% lower this morning is a report in the Star Tribune, according to which a Twin Cities man whose Tesla overturned in a central Minnesota marsh, is blaming the crash on the car’s “autopilot”, according to authorities. David Clark, 58, of Eden Prairie, said he was driving Saturday evening before sunset on a country road 18 miles northeast of Willmar, when the car “suddenly accelerated” and overturned in the marsh, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Sunday.

The crash occurred after “Clark … engaged the autopilot feature,” sending the car off eastbound 172nd Avenue NE. and rolling into the marsh, the Sheriff’s Office statement continued.

Deputies found the 2016 Tesla upside-down. It was not immediately clear what Tesla model it was.

He told police: ‘When he engaged the auto pilot (sic) feature, that the vehicle suddenly accelerated causing the car to leave the roadway and overturn.

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