{"id":384803,"date":"2026-07-03T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/384803\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:06:19","slug":"first-recorded-tesla-semi-crash-kills-two-people-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/384803\/","title":{"rendered":"First recorded Tesla Semi crash kills two people in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An electric Tesla Semi truck crashed into two vehicles in Dayton, Nev., over the weekend, killing two people and raising questions about the truck\u2019s safety features<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lyon County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a major collision<\/a> around 7 a.m. on Sunday at the intersection of Highway 50 and Traditions Parkway about 40 miles east of Reno, the office said. <\/p>\n

The office confirmed a semi-truck was involved in the accident, and footage of the scene shows it was a Tesla Semi. <\/p>\n

It is the first known crash involving a Tesla Semi<\/a>, an electric Class 8 truck that Tesla is building in Nevada and plans to ramp up production of. As interest in Tesla\u2019s electric passenger vehicles wanes, the company is betting on the truck to give it a needed boost. <\/p>\n

The trucks do not have the Full Self-Driving mode available in Tesla cars, but Tesla\u2019s website<\/a> says they come standard \u201cwith active safety features that pair with advanced motor and brake controls to deliver traction and stability in all conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Lyon County Sheriff\u2019s Office, preliminary statements obtained at the scene suggest the truck driver may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. <\/p>\n

The crash is under investigation by the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol, which said additional information may be released next week. <\/p>\n

The Record-Courier identified<\/a> the victims as Sergio and Jennifer Villanueva, a couple who got married in 2022. <\/p>\n

Tesla has not clarified if its semitruck has an automatic emergency braking system. Federal regulators are currently weighing a mandate for emergency braking systems in vehicles more than 10,000 pounds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An electric Tesla Semi truck crashed into two vehicles in Dayton, Nev., over the weekend, killing two people…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[155315,155316,1575,3830,48,52,51,47,50,49,155314,3482,346,592,2489,141383,47318,1090,155313,6187,178],"class_list":["post-384803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-advanced-motor","tag-brake-control","tag-highway","tag-intersection","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-lyon-county-sheriff","tag-nevada","tag-office","tag-people","tag-scene","tag-sergio","tag-stability","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-semi-crash","tag-truck","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}