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   From: deplorable.redneck@nytimes.com   
      
   A Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash in Fort Lauderdale,   
   Fla., on May 8 was being driven 116 mph in a 30 mph zone three   
   seconds before the accident, according to a preliminary report   
   from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).   
      
   Eyewitnesses told investigators that the car had pulled out to   
   pass another vehicle near a sharp turn marked with warning signs   
   to slow to 25 mph, then lost control, hit a curb, ran into a   
   wall, crossed the five-lane undivided road, hit a curb on the   
   other side and struck a light pole before finally coming to   
   rest. The battery pack was then seen catching fire and engulfing   
   the vehicle in flames.   
      
   Driver Barrett Riley and Edgar Monserratt Martinez were both   
   trapped in the car as it burned and died at the scene, while a   
   rear seat passenger, Alexander Barry, had been thrown from the   
   vehicle and seriously injured. All three were 18 years old.   
      
   Data collected from the vehicle shows that Barrett hit the   
   brakes and tried to make an evasive maneuver prior to impact,   
   but was still travelling at 86 mph at the time the airbags   
   deployed.   
      
   According to the report, firefighters were initially able to   
   extinguish the blaze, but the battery reignited as removal crews   
   were loading it onto a truck and it needed to be put out again.   
   It started burning a third time when it reached the storage   
   yard, requiring fire crews to be called to the location to   
   extinguish it.   
      
   The recurring fires are similar to what happened after another   
   fatal Tesla crash in Mountain View, Calif., in March, when the   
   battery pack of a Tesla Model X was seen smoking hours after the   
   accident in a storage lot and again caught fire there five days   
   later.   
      
   Tesla has not yet commented on the Fort Lauderdale NTSB report.   
   CEO Elon Musk called Reilly’s family after the accident, which   
   the company said “has been a close friend of Tesla for many   
   years."   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/06/26/ntsb-tesla-was-going-116-   
   mph-at-time-fatal-florida-crash-battery-pack-reignited-twice-   
   afterwards.html?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork   
      
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