Tesla driver using autopilot mode charged with vehicular homicide in death of motorcyclist

A Washington man has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide after a Tesla in autopilot mode slammed into a motorcyclist, killing him.The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. Friday in Maltby, Washington, according to a Washington State Patrol incident summary. The Tesla Model S driver, identified in court documents obtained by FOX 13 Seattle as 56-year-old Carl Hunter, told first responders the vehicle in autopilot mode “lurched forward as it accelerated and collided with the motorcycle in front of hi ...