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Driver in fatal Tesla Autopilot crash did not have hands on wheel, US agency says

Reported by CNBC: 

The driver of a Tesla who fatally crashed in California in March did not have his hands on the steering wheel at the time of the accident, said a preliminary report from the National Traffic Safety Board on Thursday.

Tesla’s blog on the accident, and declined to comment further.

“The reason this crash was so severe is because the crash attenuator, a highway safety barrier which is designed to reduce the impact into a concrete lane divider, had been crushed in a prior accident without being replaced,” the blog said. “We have never seen this level of damage to a Model X in any other crash.”

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Source:CNBC

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