An early morning Tesla, which usually suggests someone asleep at the wheel abusing their “Autopilot”, veered off a highway and crashed into an empty campsite.

In the early hours of the morning on July 27, a Tesla veered off the westbound lanes of the 10 freeway near the National exit in Palms, careening down an embankment and landing in an encampment at approximately 2:20 a.m.

Three individuals had to be extricated from the vehicle, and two were subsequently transported to a medical facility in fair condition.

Speculation is that the campsite would have suffered a mass casualty event, had it not been empty.