The deadliest maritime disaster in recent US history has led five years later to a ship captain being sentenced to jail, for the deaths of 34 people in a fire at sea. The Conception was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, 25 miles south of Santa Barbara, when it caught fire before dawn on the final … Continue reading Seaman’s Manslaughter: CA Boat Pilot Sentenced to Jail For Disengaging From Danger Like a Tesla Autopilot →

Video has been posted already from local crews covering the West Covina news beat. West Covina Police Department officers responded to a traffic collision in the 1100 block of south Orange Ave. around 1:50 a.m. Upon arrival, they located a person trapped inside the vehicle. West Covina Fire Department paramedics pronounced the person deceased at … Continue reading CA Tesla Kills One in “Veered” Crash Into Pole →

Officially there have been 29 avoidable deaths, according to a new U.S. government report on Tesla’s fatally flawed Autopilot design. In total, NHTSA investigated 956 crashes, starting in January 2018 and extending all the way until August 2023. Of those crashes, some of which involved other vehicles striking the Tesla vehicle, 29 people died. There … Continue reading NHTSA Increases Official Report to 29 (out of 44) Deaths From Tesla Autopilot →

The original sin. A Tesla S killed a cyclist when it was first released, which allegedly prompted Elon Musk to promise he would make an Autopilot to end all deaths. Instead, after a decade of rising fatal crashes, Tesla with Autopilot are now the unmistakable cause of more death than without. A 56-year-old Snohomish man … Continue reading WA Tesla Kills One: Manslaughter Charge for Autopilot Attack on Motorcycle →