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Tesla on Autopilot crashes into Mich. police car; NHTSA launches probe

A Tesla on Autopilot crashed into a stationary police car as a Michigan State Police trooper was investigating an earlier accident involving a deer.
A Tesla on Autopilot crashed into a stationary police car as a Michigan State Police trooper was investigating an earlier accident involving a deer. (MICHIGAN STATE POLICE)
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By:
Michael Martinez
March 17, 2021 03:59 PM

A Tesla on Autopilot crashed into a stationary police car on a Michigan freeway early Wednesday, authorities said.

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