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US opens probe into fatal Tesla crash into Texas home

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A logo of Tesla Motors on an electric car model is seen outside a showroom in New York June 28, 2010. Electric carmaker Tesla Motors raised the number of shares it will sell in its initial public offering by 20 percent, an early sign that investor interest in the startup is strong. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A logo of Tesla Motors on an electric car model is seen outside a showroom in New York June 28, 2010. Electric carmaker Tesla Motors raised the number of shares it will sell in its initial public offering by 20 percent, an early sign that investor interest in the startup is strong. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Shannon Stapleton Reuters

WASHINGTON - A U.S. agency on Monday said it is opening a new special crash investigation into the June 19 fatal crash of a Tesla Model 3 that struck a Katy, Texas, home allegedly using an advanced driver assistance system that fatally injured a 76-year-old woman.

Since 2016, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened more than three dozen Tesla special crash investigations where advanced driver assistance systems such as Autopilot were suspected of being used with 20 crash deaths reported.

(Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul)

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This story was originally published June 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM.

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