Tesla Crash Spurs Probes After Two Die With ‘No One’ Driving
- Two federal agencies will conduct safety investigations
- Local official says vehicle traveled ‘a very short distance’
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A pair of U.S. agencies have launched probes into the fatal and fiery crash of a Tesla Inc. Model S in Houston late Saturday that killed two people -- with no one behind the wheel.
The two male occupants, who have yet to be identified, were in the car: one in the front passenger seat and the other in a rear seat, according to local authorities. Both died in the crash that occurred late Saturday. The vehicle traveled a short distance, smashed into a tree and erupted into flames that took hours to extinguish.