A Tesla driving on “autopilot” mode hit a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on Interstate 4 early Saturday morning and nearly hit an FHP trooper who was standing outside the cruiser, an FHP spokeswoman said.
FHP Lt. Kim Montes said the trooper had stopped shortly before 5 a.m. to help a disabled vehicle in the westbound lanes of I-4 near downtown Orlando. The trooper activated his emergency lights and got out to help the driver when the Tesla hit the left side of his cruiser and then hit the disabled vehicle, Montes said. The Tesla “narrowly missed” the trooper, Montes said.
