Continuing coverage: NHTSA investigating two recent deadly Tesla accidents.

In continuing coverage, CNBC (3/4, 4.47M) reports that US officials are probing a deadly crash involving a Tesla Model S that occurred last Sunday in Florida which “killed the driver and caused a massive fire, the second fatal Tesla crash in the state this week being probed, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Saturday.” On Friday, NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board expressed that “they were sending teams to investigate the other fatal crash Friday in Delray Beach, Florida of a 2018 Model 3 that crashed into a semi-trailer.” A spokesman for NHTSA on Saturday provided confirmation “the agency has an ‘ongoing investigation’ into the Sunday Tesla crash in Davie, Florida, and ‘will take additional actions if appropriate.’”

        Fox News (3/4, Gastelu, 21.12M) says that the police report regarding the accident that occurred on Friday expressed that “a tractor-trailer was crossing State Road 7 to make a left turn when the Model 3, driven by Jeremy Beren Banner, 50, slammed into the side of it, which tore off the car’s roof as the rest of the vehicle continued underneath the trailer,” according to Fox News. It isn’t known at this time as to whether “Banner was in control of the vehicle at the time of the collision or if it was operating in its Autopilot mode.” On Friday, Tesla produced a statement “saying it is ‘deeply saddened to hear about this incident,’ and that it is ‘reaching out to the authorities to offer our collaboration.’” According to Fox News, “Tesla CEO Elon Musk has not yet commented on the crash.”

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