Tesla noted that drivers must manually enable the Autopilot system: "Autopilot is getting better all the time, but it is not perfect and still requires the driver to remain alert." The government said it is investigating the design and performance of the Tesla system. Brown died at the scene just southwest of Gainesville, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Brown, who owned a technology company, just one month earlier credited his 2015 Tesla with preventing a crash on an interstate highway. Frank Baressi, 62, the driver of the tractor-trailer and owner of Okemah Express LLC, said the Tesla driver was "playing Harry Potter on the TV screen" and driving so quickly that "he went so fast through my trailer I didn't see him."

Source: ABC News July 01, 2016 01:18 UTC