Tesla crash kills two after car ‘on auto-pilot with no one driving’ smashed into tree and burst into flames in Texas
TWO men have died after a Tesla "on auto-pilot with no one driving" crashed into a tree in Spring, Texas.
After smashing into the tree in Carlton Woods at 11:25pm, the fully-electric 2019 Tesla immediately burst into flames.
The outlet spoke to one man's brother-in-law who said he was taking the car out for a spin with his best friend.
He said the owner managed to back out of the driveway, only to crash a few hundred yards down the road.
The brother-in-law of one of the victims said relatives watched the car burn for four hours while firefighters tried to put out the flames.
Authorities had to use 32,000 gallons of water to pout out the flames because the vehicle’s batteries kept reigniting.
At one point, deputies had to even call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.
Authorities will perform autopsies on both men whose identities have not been released.
Driver Usmann Ahmad said balls of fire began "shooting out like a flamethrower" after he pulled over to check what the metallic sound was.