A white Tesla Mannequin S has been destroyed in a crash after slamming into the rear of a metropolis bus in Newport Seaside, California.

The crash occurred on December 11 at roughly 7:25 within the morning native time and at least 19 firefighters attended the scene. Quite a few people are thought to have been injured and a minimum of considered one of them was transported to a neighborhood hospital.

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Photographs shared to Fb by the Newport Seaside Fireplace Division present that your complete entrance finish of the Mannequin S has been destroyed, indicating that it hit the rear of the bus with various pace. It seems as if the low bumper of the Tesla hit the underside of the bus’s rear bumper, forcing a part of the Mannequin S beneath the bus and making the entrance finish unrecognizable. The hood has additionally been severely bent and the windshield has been smashed. All the automotive’s airbags have been additionally deployed.

The Newport Seaside Fireplace Division notes that it labored with the Newport Seaside Police Division and Orange County Transportation Authority to safe the scene.

To date, there is no such thing as a indication that the Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot driving system was enabled on the time of the crash. The Newport Seaside Fireplace Division indicated that solar glare could have performed a task within the collision.

“When driving within the early morning or late afternoon please bear in mind the solar glare, decelerate and depart extra space,” it wrote on social media.