{"id":72014,"date":"2025-12-01T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/72014\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:58:08","slug":"speeding-tesla-driver-caused-deadly-uptown-dallas-crash-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/72014\/","title":{"rendered":"Speeding Tesla driver caused deadly Uptown Dallas crash, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; An alleged drunken driver is facing serious felony charges after a crash in Uptown Dallas that killed one person and injured two others.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">According to an arrest warrant affidavit, 26-year-old Preston Petty was believed to be under the influence of drugs and\/or alcohol when he lost control of his 2025 Tesla and crashed into another car, killing the driver.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v-alex-turtle-creek-blvd-fatal_00.00.02.46.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The report states a witness saw Petty speeding southbound on Cedar Springs Road in Dallas early Sunday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">He allegedly took a curve too fast, hit several trees, hit a median, and then went airborne before colliding with the driver\u2019s side of a Porsche that was sitting at the light on Turtle Creek Boulevard. The impact flipped the Porsche, and the Tesla landed on top.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The driver of the Porsche, 29-year-old Emma Hackney, died in the crash. A passenger in the Porsche was critically injured, and so was Petty\u2019s mom, who was with him in the Tesla.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">According to the affidavit, Petty told officers he had crashed because his mom was trying to grab his phone, since he was driving with the phone in his hand.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">An officer reported smelling alcohol on Petty. He denied being under the influence, but admitted he was going back to the house to drink wine.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v-alex-turtle-creek-blvd-fatal_00.00.13.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">People who frequent the area told FOX 4 that stretch of road is dangerous.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">&#8220;This breaks my heart because this is something that is not supposed to be happening. This is a chill area. People should be driving safely around. They should take care more about the other people. So it breaks my heart. So sad to hear about it,&#8221; said Jaime Balon, who works nearby.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Petty is now charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The affidavit states a detective recovered a thumb drive from the Tesla that could provide more details about how fast Petty was driving at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story comes from the Dallas Police Department and an arrest warrant affidavit for the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\/uptown\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uptown<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; An alleged drunken driver is facing serious felony charges after a crash in Uptown Dallas that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1046,102,581,104,103,223,216,5161,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-72014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-county","11":"tag-dallas-headlines","12":"tag-dallas-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-uptown","16":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}