An post-mortem report has revealed that one of many two victims in a lethal Tesla Mannequin S crash the place nobody was behind the wheel had a blood-alcohol degree exceeding the authorized driving restrict.

Per Reuters, in keeping with the report by Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, William Varner had 0.151 g/100mL of alcohol in his blood after his loss of life, nicely above the authorized blood alcohol degree of 0.08 p.c in Texas. Varner was discovered within the again left passenger seat of the EV and died from “blunt pressure trauma and thermal accidents with smoke inhalation.”

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) is continuous to research the crash. Police say that the Tesla veered off the highway earlier than hitting a tree and catching fireplace. When authorities arrived on the scene, they found that one occupant was within the entrance passenger seat whereas the opposite was within the rear seat.

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This initially triggered hypothesis that the automobile’s Autopilot system had been enabled. Nonetheless, it was shortly concluded that the dearth of lane markings on the highway the place the crash occurred wouldn’t have allowed the automobile’s Autosteer system to be enabled. The Visitors-Conscious Cruise Management perform might have been activated.

Making the crash all of the more strange is the truth that residence surveillance footage from exterior the property of the Mannequin S proprietor confirmed him and his pal entering into the driving force’s seat and entrance passenger’s seat once they left and the crash occurred simply 550 ft from the proprietor’s residence.

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