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A driver and passenger traveling in a Tesla died after they crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that was parked at a rest stop along Interstate 75 in Florida, according to authorities.
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2 killed after Tesla crashes into parked tractor-trailer at Florida rest stop
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The Florida Highway Patrol said the deadly crash happened just before 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Paynes Prairie Rest Area just south of Gainesville. The deceased were not immediately named, but they are described as a 66-year-old woman, identified as the driver, and a 67-year-old man, who was a passenger.
Troopers said the Tesla was traveling southbound on I-75 before it exited. For “unknown reasons,” the 2015 Tesla struck a parked Walmart truck, where it came to final rest. Both of the occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured, troopers said.
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Gainesville Fire Rescue assisted the FHP. The crash remains under investigation.
In September of last year, the FHP said a driver failed to control her Tesla when it crashed into the patrol car of a trooper who was responding to a crash on Interstate 4 in Orlando. The incident was captured on the patrol car’s dashboard camera.
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