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2. Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after crash into Texas home

Story by Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY

A Texas man has been charged with manslaughter after his Tesla crashed into a home last month while allegedly in self-driving mode, killing a 76-year-old woman inside the residence, authorities said.

Michael Butler, 44, was arrested on July 1 and booked into the Harris County Jail in connection with the death of Martha Avila, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. A magistrate set Butler's bond at $150,000, and he remained in custody on July 2, online jail records show.

Butler was driving a Tesla Model 3 at around 8 p.m. local time on June 19 when he failed to stay in a single lane, left the roadway, and crashed through the front of a two-story brick residence in Katy, Texas, a Houston suburb, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Butler told authorities the vehicle was operating with an automated driving assistance system engaged at the time of the crash, according to the sheriff's office ...

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