Tesla driver ordered to pay compensation over deadly autopilot crash

Kevin Aziz Riad has been ordered to pay compensation over a crash in a Tesla using autopilot (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 (€21,000) in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb, a decision announced the same day that the automaker recalled nearly all vehicles sold in the US.

Wednesday’s court hearing wrapped up a case believed to be the first time in the US that prosecutors brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.