Crash victim had posted videos on social media of him in Tesla on autopilot

A Tesla 2018 Model 3 outside a Tesla showroom in the US (David Zalubowsi/PA) File)

The driver of a Tesla involved in a fatal crash that California highway authorities said may have been operating on autopilot, posted social media videos of himself in the vehicle without his hands on the wheel or foot on the pedal.

The crash on May 5 in Fontana, 50 miles east of Los Angeles, in the US, is also under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.