Elderly Man Killed By Tesla In Self-Driving Mode on I-80 In Vallejo

A Tesla reportedly operating in Full Self-Driving mode on I-80 Thursday morning struck and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian in Vallejo.The collision happened around 2:35 am on westbound I-80 at the I-780 interchange, as NBC Bay Area reports. A 26-year-old man from San Francisco was operating the Tesla, he said, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode when the car struck a 71-year-old man in the roadway. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with officers.The man was reportedly trying to cross the freeway on foot from the right shoulder to the center divide.CHP officers reviewed the Tesla s dash cam footage, as the agency explained in a social media post, and determined that the car was traveling at 70 miles per hour when it struck the pedestrian in the #2 lane. The video showed the Tesla s brakes being applied as the vehicle steered to the left in an effort to avoid the pedestrian, CHP writes. Despite these evasive actions, the right front portion of the Tesla struck the indivi