The driving force of a 2019 Tesla Mannequin 3 advised officers she was utilizing Autopilot, Tesla’s superior driver help system, when she collided with a police automobile and a Mercedes SUV Saturday morning round 5 a.m. ET in Orlando, Florida.

No accidents or fatalities had been reported on account of the incident.

An investigation into the reason for the crash has not but been accomplished. It stays to be decided whether or not Tesla’s Autopilot brought on or contributed to the incident.

Based on a press release from the Florida Freeway Patrol (FHP), on the time of the incident, a trooper had stopped to help a driver whose 2012 Mercedes GLK 350 was disabled in conjunction with the Interstate 4 (I-4) freeway in Orlando. The trooper had already stepped out of his parked police car, a 2018 Dodge Charger, by the point the Tesla Mannequin 3 bumped into it.

The entrance proper of the Tesla hit the left aspect of the police automobile after which hit the Mercedes SUV.

Based on emails to CNBC and a press assertion from FHP on Saturday, police are notifying Tesla and the Nationwide Freeway Visitors and Security Administration in regards to the incident.

Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The crash comes amid federal scrutiny of Tesla’s superior driver help techniques.

As CNBC beforehand reported, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors and Security Administration opened an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot function after it decided that the system had been in use in a string of Tesla collisions with first responder autos that led to 17 accidents and a fatality over the previous few years.

After that investigation was revealed, two Democratic senators, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ed Markey of Massachusetts, requested the Federal Commerce Fee to analyze Tesla’s claims round its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving capabilities.

Tesla contains Autopilot as an ordinary providing in all its newer autos. The corporate additionally sells a premium driver help system, bought underneath the moniker Full Self-Driving (FSD). FSD prices $10,000 upfront or $199 monthly for subscribers within the U.S.

Each Autopilot and FSD require drivers to stay attentive behind the wheel always. They don’t make Tesla autos autonomous.