2 men killed after fiery Tesla crash in spring, officials say

HOUSTON – Two men have died after a Tesla traveling in the spring crashed into a tree and no one was driving the vehicle, officials say.

The crash occurred at 11:25 p.m. in the Carlton Woods subdivision near Woodlands. The car burst into flames after hitting a tree near 18 Hammock Dunes Place.

Harris County District 4 agent Mark Herman told KPRC 2 that the investigation showed that “no one was driving” the all-electric 2019 Tesla when the crash happened. There was a person in the front passenger seat of the car and in the rear passenger seat.

Harris County District 4 deputies said the vehicle was traveling at high speed when it was unable to negotiate a dead end turn, veered off the road and crashed into the tree.

Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water for four hours to put out the flames as the vehicle’s batteries continued to revive. At one point, Herman said, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.

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Authorities will perform autopsies on both men.