A Tesla sedan rear-ended a truck on the highway and caused the truck to lose control and crash into the middle of the road, according to a video circulated on the Internet on May 7. (Screenshot of the video)
Tesla has recently been accused of “brake failure” in China, and on May 7, a Tesla in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, crashed into the rear of a truck like a cannonball, completely destroying the driver’s seat and killing the driver on the spot. The driver was killed on the spot. Some netizens judged the accident according to the video when the speed was 150 km/h and there was no sign of braking, so they wondered if the accident was caused by the braking system. Tesla related people responded that they are waiting for the investigation results.
Tesla rear-ends a truck. (Video screenshot)
China Fund reported that at 12:00 on May 7, a minivan was rear-ended by a Tesla while driving from west to east on Phoenix Road in Wuliting, Zhenjiang District, resulting in the death of the driver of the Tesla on the spot.
From the surveillance video of the incident, the Tesla had obvious signs of direction to the right at the time of the collision, but due to excessive speed, the vehicle understeered and eventually the driver’s side chased the right rear of the truck, with a huge impact pushing the truck to the roadside flowers and then bouncing back onto the road, occupying another traffic lane.
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The driver’s seat of the Tesla involved was severely damaged and one of the front wheels fell off, the driver was lifeless after being praised, while the truck driver was unharmed.
From the vehicle trajectory and speed, the vehicle is probably driven by the driver manually, there is no obvious braking traces before the incident, the collision left dozens of meters of wheel tracks at the scene, netizens estimated that the vehicle speed of 150 km/h at the time of the incident.
Shaoguan City Public Security Bureau Zhenjiang Branch Traffic Police Brigade received a report to the scene disposal, found that the Tesla owner speeding, out of control rear-ended the truck that was moving ahead, crashed into the middle of the road guardrail, the front of the car was seriously deformed, the driver was stuck in the car seat can not move, abdominal penetrating injuries, serious injuries, has been unconscious. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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