Information retrieved from Tesla Model S in Utah crash confirms car was in autopilot mode.

USA Today (5/16, della Cava, 9.97M) reports that according to police, information retrieved by Tesla engineers from a Tesla Model S that crashed in Utah last week corroborates the account the driver gave to investigators that the car was in Autopilot mode. According to USA Today, the driver also told investigators said that she was distracted by her phone. USA Today says that the May 11 accident is a “textbook case of distracted driving exacerbated by technology that, despite providing visual and audio warnings to drivers, is easy for humans to abuse.”