A six months pregnant Tesla Mannequin 3 driver that was patiently ready for a site visitors mild to go inexperienced at 4.30 am after dropping off her husband on the airport was rear-ended by a Honda that swerved into her lane, lower than a mile away from her dwelling.

The accident was recorded by the Tesla’s built-in dashcam function and reveals the Honda slamming into the rear-right of the Mannequin 3 after which flipping on its roof earlier than touchdown again on its wheels. 

The motive force, Mala Arguello, didn’t maintain any accidents and her child was additionally positive, which is all the time a superb factor – automobiles could be scrapped or fastened, however human lives are rather more essential than a machine.

Nonetheless, not every part was good after the accident. Because the video states, Mala handed the identical Honda that rear-ended her Tesla simply a few minutes earlier than the accident and observed that it had stopped proper in the midst of the exit.

One other Tesla driver who was coming from behind additionally observed the stopped Honda and stated that after it began driving once more, it was swerving out and in of lanes earlier than crashing into Mala’s Mannequin 3. Nonetheless, after cops arrived on the scene and reviewed the footage captured by the 2 Teslas, they determined to go along with the Honda driver’s argument that she had fallen asleep on the wheel.

When pressed on why the police didn’t conduct an actual investigation that might have taken her and different key witnesses’ statements into consideration, Mala received a solution from one other police officer that their coverage is to solely conduct a DUI investigation in the event that they scent alcohol, in instances the place there aren’t any fatalities.

That is removed from the primary time when Tesla’s built-in dashcam captured excessive accidents. Again in March, an EV made by the Elon Musk-led firm recorded an insane crash on the freeway that noticed a Kia Soul take flight after it received hit by a runaway wheel from a pickup.

As all the time, we’d wish to know what you concentrate on this, so head over to the feedback part under to offer us your ideas.