The remains of a Tesla vehicle are seen after crashing in The Woodlands, Texas, on April 17, 2021, in this still image of the video obtained through social media. Video made April 17, 2021. SCOTT J. ENGLE via REUTERS
One of the two victims killed in Texas over the weekend when it collided with a Tesla car that is believed to run without a driver was William Varner, a doctor, his employer said Tuesday.
The Tesla Model S crashed into a tree near Houston Saturday night and burst into flames and killed an occupant found in the front passenger seat and the owner in the back seat, police said.
Witnesses told police the accident happened shortly after the victims left a home, saying they would test the ability to drive automatically. Read more
“Dr. Varner was a tremendous human being who personally impacted many …,” Hermann Memorial The Woodlands Medical Center said in a statement. “So many will miss him.”
Varner, a 58-year-old anesthesiologist, graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston in 1988.
“We were saddened to learn of the death of one of our doctors over the weekend. Dr. Varner spent his life caring for others, and now we focus on caring for his colleagues and family, helping them cope with this sudden and unexpected loss, “US Anesthesia Partners said in a statement. and Reuters.
The other victim, who was born in 1951, was not identified as of Tuesday.
Texas police have told Reuters they will look for search warrants to protect the vehicle’s data after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk tweeted that his data showed the vehicle was not running on autopilot.
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