Tesla on trial
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A fatal crash in Florida is now the center of a legal battle that could have wide-reaching implications for driver-assistance technology. In April 2019, a Tesla Model S sped through an intersection and collided with a parked SUV. The crash killed 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and severely injured her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo.
The family of a young woman killed in the Florida Keys in 2019 when a Tesla ran a stop sign and plowed into a parked SUV she was standing next to on the other side of the road is arguing in a federal lawsuit that flaws with the electric car manufacturer’s Autopilot system were to blame for her death.