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- The police department vehicle was empty at the time of the collision, while the driver of the Model S sustained minor injuries, Jim Cota, a public information officer for the Laguna Beach Police Department, wrote on Twitter.
- Tuesday's collision marks the latest in a string of crashes involving Autopilot.
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A Tesla Model S crashed into a parked police car while Autopilot was activated (TSLA)
A Tesla Model S crashed into a police vehicle in California on Tuesday morning while Autopilot was engaged. The police department vehicle was empty at the time of the collision, while the driver of the Model S sustained minor injuries.
A Tesla Model S crashed into a police vehicle in California on Tuesday morning while Autopilot was engaged.
Sergeant Jim Cota, a public information officer for the Laguna Beach Police Department, posted photos of the incident's aftermath on Twitter. Cota wrote that the vehicle had Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot feature activated when it crashed into a parked police department vehicle. The police department vehicle was empty at the time of the collision, while the driver of the Model S sustained minor injuries, Cota wrote.
The circumstances that led to the collision have not been disclosed.
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Tuesday's collision marks the latest in a string of crashes involving vehicles with Autopilot activated.
On May 11, a Model S crashed into a fire department vehicle in Utah. A report Tesla provided to the South Jordan Police Department said the driver took her hands off the wheel over 12 times during the drive, including for the 80 seconds before the collision.
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