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Tesla on Autopilot Fatally Crashed into Parked Fire Truck in Indiana

Occurred
Dec 29, 2019
Published
Jan 2, 2020
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

A Tesla on Autopilot mode failed to see a parked fire truck and crashed into its rear on an interstate in Indiana, causing the death of an Arizona woman.

Developers

  • Tesla

Deployers

  • Tesla

Harmed parties

  • Derrick Monet
  • Jenna Monet
  • the Monets' family

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 95%

Rationale: Fatal crash involving Tesla Autopilot system failure.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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