FIREBALL HORROR
TWO men have died after a Tesla "on auto-pilot with no one driving" crashed into a tree in Spring, Texas.
After smashing into the tree in Carlton Woods at 11:25pm, the fully-electric 2019 Tesla immediately burst into flames.
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The crash involving the Tesla Model S, happened on Hammock Dunes Place.
Firefighters and medics were called to the scene after reports of an explosion.
Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said an investigation showed "no one was driving" the vehicle when the accident happened as one person was in the passenger seat and another one at the back.
Officials told KPRC 2 the vehicle, was traveling at a high speed when it failed to negotiate a cul-de-sac turn, ran off the road and smashed into a tree.
The outlet spoke to one man's brother-in-law who said he was taking the car out for a spin with his best friend.
He said the owner managed to back out of the driveway, only to crash a few hundred yards down the road.
The brother-in-law of one of the victims said relatives watched the car burn for four hours while firefighters tried to put out the flames.
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Authorities had to use 32,000 gallons of water to pout out the flames because the vehicle’s batteries kept reigniting.
At one point, deputies had to even 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 whose identities have not been released.
Back in December, a man narrowly escaped death, when his model S car burst into flames after mysterious metallic banging.
Driver Usmann Ahmad said balls of fire began "shooting out like a flamethrower" after he pulled over to check what the metallic sound was.
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