2 men killed after fiery Tesla crash in spring, officials say

HOUSTON Two men died after a Tesla crashed into a tree in Spring and no one was driving the vehicle, officials say.

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

District 4, Const. Mark Herman, of Harris County, told KPRC 2 that the investigation showed that no one was driving the 2019 fully electric Tesla when the crash happened. There was a person in the passenger seat in front of the car and in the back passenger seat in the car.

According to delegates from Constable 4 District in Harris County, the vehicle was traveling at a high speed when it could not negotiate a dead-end street, ran off the road and hit the tree.

Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water for more than four hours to put out the flames because the vehicle’s batteries were constantly burning. Herman said at one point that deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.

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Authorities will conduct autopsies on both men.