{"id":881609,"date":"2026-06-21T00:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T00:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/881609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T00:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T00:32:22","slug":"tesla-allegedly-in-autopilot-mode-crashes-into-house-woman-killed-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/881609\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla allegedly in autopilot mode crashes into house, woman killed: Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"

A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was allegedly in self-driving mode crashed into a Texas house Friday night, killing a woman who was inside the home, investigators said.<\/p>\n

Michael Butler was traveling in his Tesla Model 3 around 8 p.m. local time in Katy, Texas, and was operating the vehicle “with an automated driving assistance system,” the Harris County Sheriff’s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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– PHOTO: This screen grab from a video shows what appears to be a Tesla careening down a residential street before the crash, in Katy, Texas, on June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Butler allegedly failed to drive in a single lane, left the roadway and struck the residence, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

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“Butler’s Tesla entered through the brick residence, at a high rate of speed, and struck M. Avila who was inside the residence,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Avila was airlifted to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

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Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office – PHOTO: This image released by the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office shows the damage to a home after a Tesla crashed into it, in Katy, Texas, on June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Butler, who was injured, showed no signs of intoxication and he was cooperating with officers. Attorney information for the driver wasn’t immediately available.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing and as of Saturday afternoon there were no charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was allegedly in self-driving mode crashed into a Texas house Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":881610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,347986,23388,166202,7829,148194,358,130008,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-881609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-harris-county-sheriff39s-office","tag-katy","tag-michael-butler","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-model-3","tag-texas","tag-texas-house","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116785286374131545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}