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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents

a self driving car
A Tesla Model 3 vehicle drives on autopilot along the 405 highway in Westminster, California, on 16 March 2022. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Separate crashes in Texas and Connecticut involving Tesla electric vehicles left a woman dead when a car barreled into a house; and a driver rescued after plunging into a municipal swimming pool.

A doorbell video camera captured the Friday night episode in Katy, Texas. Authorities said 76-year-old Martha Avila Mantilla was standing in the front room of a relative’s home when the Tesla Model 3 car crashed at speed into the residence.

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