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U.S. auto safety regulators opened a special crash
investigation into a fatal Tesla Model 3 wreck

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near Houston, according to the Wall Street
Journal. NHTSA said Monday it would examine

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the Friday crash after the vehicle left the
roadway, entered a brick home at high speed

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and struck Martha Avila, who later died from her
injuries. The driver told police he was using an

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automated driving assistance system, according
to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Tesla's

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vice president of AI and software said on X that
the driver manually pressed the accelerator

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and continued pressing it after the crash.
It was not immediately clear whether full

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self-driving was engaged. The sheriff's office said the investigation remains
open. Tesla didn't immediately return the journal's request for comment

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