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senseandsensibility

(25,981 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2026, 02:20 PM 18 hrs ago

Breaking on NBC: Tesla on autopilot crashes into TX home, killing woman

As Ron Filipkowski said on bluesky, the woman was just sitting in her home.

Now she's dead. Scary stufff.

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Breaking on NBC: Tesla on autopilot crashes into TX home, killing woman (Original Post) senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago OP

Tesla allegedly in driver-assist mode crashes into Texas house, woman killed: Investigators irisblue 18 hrs ago #1

Damn............... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #2

the driver cd b lying. deflecting blame. mopinko 17 hrs ago #3

Tesla records everything, so they will know. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #4

irisblue

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1. Tesla allegedly in driver-assist mode crashes into Texas house, woman killed: Investigators

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 02:28 PM

18 hrs ago

Friday night

https://abcnews.com/US/tesla-allegedly-autopilot-mode-crashes-texas-house-woman/story?id=134062374

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A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was allegedly in driver-assist mode crashed into a Texas house Friday night, killing a woman who was inside the home, investigators said.

Michael Butler was traveling in his Tesla Model 3 around 8 p.m. local time in Katy, Texas, and was operating the vehicle "with an automated driving assistance system," the Harris County Sheriff's office said in a statement.

snip'Butler's Tesla entered through the brick residence, at a high rate of speed, and struck M. Avila who was inside the residence," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Avila was airlifted to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead, the sheriff's office said."

rest in peace