Tesla Inc.
(NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, as well as the company's AI lead Ashok Elluswamy, on Monday denied claims that the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system was responsible for a fatal crash in Texas that resulted in the death of a woman.
This Makes No Sense, Says Elon Musk In a post on X, Musk responded to a post by a user who criticized a report that said a Tesla driver claimed to have engaged driver assistance technology as the Model 3 vehicle crashed into a home in Katy, Texas, on June 19, which resulted in the death of 76-year-old Martha Avila Mantilla.
Read Also: Ross Gerber Calls Waymo 'Way Safer And Better' Than Tesla's FSD, Questions Whether Elon Musk Can 'Catch Up' "Yes, this makes no sense," Musk said in his response, adding that the FSD system was designed to "slowly through neighborhood streets" and that this was "a high speed crash!" Yes, this makes no sense.
FSD drives slowly through neighborhood streets and this was a high speed crash!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2026 Ashok Elluswamy Weighs In Elluswamy also weighed in on the incident, responding to Musk's post.
