Tesla’s Autopilot drove car into tree, killing Colorado man in fiery crash, lawsuit alleges

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Tesla’s Autopilot drove car into tree, killing Colorado man in fiery crash, lawsuit alleges
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“Regardless of how drunk Hans was, (Tesla CEO Elon) Musk has claimed that this car can drive itself and is essentially better than a human. We were sold a false sense of security.”

Hans Von Ohain’s 2021 Tesla Model 3 after a fatal crash in Evergreen on May 16, 2022. Tesla’s advanced Autopilot driving system malfunctioned and caused one of the electric car maker’s Colorado employees to drive off the road and die in a fiery crash, a newly filed wrongful death lawsuit alleges.

The Colorado State Patrol said in its 403-page crash report that the car’s condition after the crash made it impossible to access data to determine whether the self-driving feature was engaged at the time. The vehicle was traveling 41 mph at the time of the crash, just above the 40 mph speed limit, according to the CSP report.

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