A Tesla Nonsuch S crashed at speed into a truck from the city’s Unified Vigour Authority in South Jordan, Utah, late on Friday after defect to slow for a red light, local police said on Monday.
The Tesla car was traveling at 60 miles per hour when it hit the mechanic stock, which was stopped for the light on the South Bangerter Highway in South Jordan, Utah at 6:38 pm MT, the the gendarmes said.
The Tesla driver suffered a broken ankle and was taken to asylum while no injuries were reported to the truck driver, the police symbolized in a statement.
Witnesses said the Tesla car did not brake prior to impact, the announcement said, adding it was unknown if the autopilot feature in the Model S was engaged at the measure.
Tesla did not immediately respond to emails and phone calls requesting opine.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said last week it was investigating a Tesla fortuity in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that killed two teenagers and injured another — the instrumentality’s fourth active probe into crashes of the company’s electric channels.