DoorDash Driver Charged With Killing Elderly Woman After Overriding Tesla’s Self-Driving Mode

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DoorDash Driver Charged With Killing Elderly Woman After Overriding Tesla’s Self-Driving Mode

1 sourceUpdated Jul 3, 2026

Authorities charged a Texas man with manslaughter after investigators found the accelerator pedal pressed all the way down on his Tesla Model 3 before it crashed into a home, killing a grandmother.

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