{"id":505317,"date":"2026-10-23T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505317\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:10:11","slug":"man-hit-and-killed-by-tesla-in-self-driving-mode-chp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505317\/","title":{"rendered":"Man hit and killed by Tesla in self-driving mode, CHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RicardoSOLANO COUNTY, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n

A 71-year-old man was killed after being hit by a Tesla on Interstate 80 early Thursday after the driver told investigators the car was operating in its full self-driving mode, the California Highway Patrol said. <\/p>\n

Video above: Are self-driving cars safe? Experts explain the challenges<\/p>\n

The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on I-80 in Solano County, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. <\/p>\n

The Tesla\u2019s dash camera showed the man entering the interstate from the right shoulder as the car traveled about 70 mph, CHP said.<\/p>\n

The Tesla braked, veered left and struck the man with the right front portion of the car, according to CHP. <\/p>\n

At least one other vehicle later struck the man as he lay on the highway. First responders determined he had died from his injuries, per the SF Chronicle.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old driver from San Francisco stopped, cooperated with investigators and provided the dash camera footage, CHP said. No other drivers stopped at the scene.<\/p>\n

The Tesla driver was not cited. CHP Officer Scott Heitman told the Chronicle that charges could be filed through the district attorney\u2019s office if the investigation finds the driver was negligent in a way that caused the crash.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Chronicle contributed to this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. \u2014 A 71-year-old man was killed after being hit by a Tesla on Interstate 80…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,283,852,350,195313,287,161427,195314,11354,10795,3816,1555,8209,15517,12885,1090,14895],"class_list":["post-505317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-car","tag-chp","tag-crash","tag-dash-camera","tag-driver","tag-early-thursday","tag-full-self-driving-mode","tag-interchange","tag-interstate","tag-investigator","tag-man","tag-san-francisco-chronicle","tag-sf-chronicle","tag-shnd","tag-tesla","tag-westbound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505317","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=505317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}