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00:02U.S. auto safety regulators opened a special crash investigation into a fatal Tesla Model 3 wreck
00:07near Houston, according to the Wall Street Journal. NHTSA said Monday it would examine
00:13the Friday crash after the vehicle left the roadway, entered a brick home at high speed,
00:17and struck Martha Avila, who later died from her injuries. The driver told police he was
00:22using an automated driving assistance system, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
00:27Tesla's vice president of AI and software said on X that the driver manually pressed the
00:32accelerator and continued pressing it after the crash. It was not immediately clear whether full
00:37self-driving was engaged. The sheriff's office said the investigation remains open. Tesla didn't
00:43immediately return the journal's request for comment. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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