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Sleeping Tesla driver using self-driving mode crashes into police car injuring officers

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A Tesla driver claimed he was asleep at the wheel when his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving mode, plowed into a California Highway Patrol (CHP) vehicle, injuring two officers.

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Both outlets focus on the Tesla colliding with a California Highway Patrol vehicle and on the reported injuries to two officers. The Independent foregrounds the driver’s claim that he was asleep and using Full Self-Driving mode, while ABC News says the officers reported that version and adds that the injuries were serious. The framing is otherwise very similar.

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