In the 3rd fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S in just the past two weeks, after a “horrific” Ft. Lauderdale crash killed two teens who were trapped in the burning sarcophagus, and just days after another model S burned to a crisp also tragically trapping its driver on a highway in Switzerland, a Model S drier was killed when his car drove into a pond Sunday night and his body ended up being recovered early Monday morning in a fatal accident near San Francisco; the crash closed a portion of Crow Canyon Road in Castro Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP: Adult man was behind wheel of #Tesla Model S sedan when he lost control, broke through fence and landed in pond along Crow Canyon Road. No one else in car besides driver. No ID yet. #AlamedaCounty @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/DCm4YONxrX
— Bob Redell (@BobNBC) May 21, 2018
According to KTVU, Alameda County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly identified the driver as Keith Leung, 34, of Danville.
A property owner heard the Tesla, driving northbound on Crow Canyon Road, just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, according to CHP Officer Daniel Jacowitz. He called 911 and when he came outside he saw damage to his fence and tire tracks leading up to the pond.
One man is dead after he crashes his Tesla Model S through a fence off Crow Canyon Road and it submerged in a pond. No other vehicles suspected as being involved. – CHP Castro Valley. .@KTVU pic.twitter.com/udpgBio3D4
— Leigh Martinez (@LeighMartinezTV) May 21, 2018
Nine members of the Alameda County Sheriff’s rescue team went into the pond about 10 p.m. and found the driver, still sitting upright in the driver’s seat, Jacowitz said. He was pulled out and declared dead at the scene about 5:30 a.m. “It’s really tragic,” Jacowitz said.
However, CHP officers did acknowledge that this stretch of road is a problem area and they conduct enforcement there on a regular basis. The speed limit ranges from 35 mph to 55 mph and officers say they have cited people for going as fast as 75 mph.
Neighbors have regularly complained that they can’t get out of their drive ways because vehicle are driving so fast.
Jacowitz added that Leung would have had to have been driving more than posted speed limit of 35 mph to have gone airborne and fly the distance it did.
“The vehicle was submerged…trees in the water made it difficult to tow it out,” said CHP Sgt. Michael Novosel.
It is unknown at this time if the Tesla was in autopilot mode at the moment it drove into the pond.
Of course, Tesla did not respond to a request for comment by KTVU on Monday as the company will first issue a press release explaining just how safe the auto pilot makes its increasingly deadly crashes a thing of the past.
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