Two men dead after a fiery Tesla crash in the spring, officials say

HOUSTON – Two men are dead after a Tesla driving in the spring crashed into a tree and no one was driving the vehicle, officials say.

The crash happened at 11:25 PM in the Carlton Woods subdivision near the Woodlands. The car burst into flames after hitting a tree near 18 Hammock Dunes Place.

Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman told KPRC 2 that the investigation found that “no one was driving” the 2019 all-electric Tesla when the accident occurred. There was one person in the front passenger seat and in the rear passenger seat of the car.

Harris County Constable Precinct 4 deputies said the vehicle was moving at high speed when it failed to negotiate a dead end, drove off the road and hit the tree.

Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water for four hours to extinguish the flames as the vehicle’s batteries ignited over and over again. At one point, Herman said, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.

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Authorities will perform autopsies on both men.