Probe after ‘partially automated’ Tesla hits student getting off bus

The State Highway Patrol said the driver of the 2022 Tesla Model Y, a 51-year-old man, failed to stop for the bus, which was displaying all its activated warning devices

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US road safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that may have been operating on a partially automated driving system when it struck a student who had just got off a school bus.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will investigate the March 15 crash in Halifax County, North Carolina, which injured a 17-year-old student.