Tesla with Autopilot hits cop car—driver admits he was watching a movie

Enlarge / A law enforcement vehicle damaged in Wednesday's crash. (credit: North Carolina State Highway Patrol)

Police in North Carolina have filed charges against a driver whose Tesla crashed into a police car early Wednesday morning, Raleigh's CBS 17 television reports. The driver admitted to officers that he had activated the Autopilot technology on his Model S and was watching a movie on his phone at the time of the crash.

"A Nash County deputy and a trooper with the Highway Patrol were on the side of the road while responding to a previous crash when the Tesla slammed into the deputy's cruiser," CBS 17 reports. "The impact sent the deputy's cruiser into the trooper's vehicle-which pushed the trooper and deputy to the ground."

Thankfully, no one was seriously injured by the crash.

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