Driverless Tesla Crash In Houston Kills 2 Passengers

Two people were killed Saturday night in a fiery crash involving a Tesla, according to Harris County Pct. 4 Constable Mark Herman. This happened at about 11:25 p.m. in the Carlton Woods Subdivision on Hammock Dunes Place.

Constable Herman said the 2019 Tesla Model S was traveling on a roadway and at some point, the vehicle, which deputies said was traveling at a high rate of speed, came to a slight curve.

Deputies say the car went off the roadway, crashed into a tree and burst into flames.
Herman said it took firefighters nearly four hours and more than 30,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire.

‘Normally when the fire department arrives, they have the vehicle fire in control in minutes, but this went on close to four hours,’ said Herman.

At one point, crews had to call Tesla to ask how to put the fire out, Herman said.