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Tesla Fatal Crash With Fire Truck Draws US Regulator Inquiry
- NHTSA is aware of incident and has reached out to carmaker
- Agency opened crash scene defect investigation in August 2021
A Tesla crashed into a fire truck in 2018.
Source: Culver City FirefightersThis article is for subscribers only.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla Inc. for more information about one of its vehicles colliding with a fire truck in a fatal crash in the San Francisco Bay area.
The agency reached out to the manufacturer after the incident in Contra Costa County during the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend. The county fire department said in a Feb. 18 tweet that a Tesla struck one of its trucks that was blocking lanes while responding to an earlier accident.