Feds to Probe Tesla Semitruck Battery Fire in California
Published on August 23, 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the California Highway Patrol have opened a safety investigation into the Aug. 19 crash and fire of a Tesla semitruck that closed Interstate 80 for several hours near Emigrant Gap in California on Aug. 19. Investigators from the Office of Highway Safety will travel to the crash site to examine the wreckage and gather details about the events leading up to the collision and the subsequent fire response, the agency said. “Preliminary information indicates the truck departed from the roadway, collided with trees, and caught fire,” the NTSB said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times....