World Jul 03, 2026 · 1 min read

Man charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash originally blamed on car’s self-driving mode

Tesla said Michael Butler disabled his car’s self-driving mode before it plowed into Martha Avila’s home in JuneA man whose Tesla Model 3 was allegedly in self-driving mode when it crashed into a home near Houston and killed a 76-year-old woman inside recently has been jailed on a count of manslaugh...

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The Guardian
by Ramon Antonio Vargas
Man charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash originally blamed on car’s self-driving mode

Tesla said Michael Butler disabled his car’s self-driving mode before it plowed into Martha Avila’s home in June

A man whose Tesla Model 3 was allegedly in self-driving mode when it crashed into a home near Houston and killed a 76-year-old woman inside recently has been jailed on a count of manslaughter.

Michael Butler’s arrest in the 19 June death of Martha Avila was announced late on Wednesday in a Facebook post by the sheriff of Harris county, Texas, Ed Gonzalez.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Ramon Antonio Vargas.

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