A Tesla Mannequin S has dramatically crashed right into a division retailer in Hong Kong, sadly injuring the driving force and a workers member that was inside.

It’s understood that the darkish pink Mannequin S P85D slammed into the ground-floor retailer in Skyline Plaza at 1:07 p.m. on Wednesday. The 59-year-old driver was handled for minor accidents to his lips and legs whereas a 23-year-old working on the bakery that was hit was injured by a falling cupboard.

Photos shared on social media point out that the Mannequin S suffered vital harm. Roughly half of it may be seen contained in the bakery and photographs shared by the South China Morning Publish reveal that the entrance bumper, hood, and windshield had been all badly broken. It additionally seems as if the Tesla sustained some type of suspension harm as it’s sitting very low to the pavement.

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Apparently, native media studies that the Tesla Mannequin S was a rental and that the 59-year-old driver solely picked it up shortly earlier than the crash. Whereas native authorities are persevering with to analyze the crash, The Commonplace says the driving force informed police that the automobile accelerated by itself regardless of him hitting the brake pedal.

It’s potential that Tesla itself will open an investigation into the crash along with any investigation undertaken by police on the scene.

This isn’t the one latest crash involving a Tesla in Hong Kong. Earlier this month, the 23-year-old driver of a Tesla crashed into 10 pallets on the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, injuring himself however fortuitously not anybody else.

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