BERKELEY, Calif. — A Tesla automobile driver killed in a new incident in California praised the automaker’s “entire self-driving” features, and posted videos on his clear Tiktok account, in which he appeared to generate with his fingers off the wheel.

On Could five, a Tesla Design 3 crashed into an overturned truck on a freeway in Fontana, killing the Tesla driver and injuring the truck driver and a motorist who had stopped to assist him.

The Involved Push cited police saying a preliminary investigation had identified the Tesla’s driver assistant process Autopilot was engaged prior to the crash.

But in a correction issued late on Friday, police said, “There has not been a remaining willpower created as to what driving manner the Tesla was in.”

Two videos of a man driving with his fingers off the wheel were posted on the alleged Tiktok account of the victim, 35-year-previous Steven Hendrickson of Managing Springs, Calif.

“What would do I do with out my entire self-driving Tesla just after a prolonged day at work,” said a information on a person. “Coming property from LA just after work, thank god, self-generate,” said a comment on a different online video, including, “Very best automobile at any time!”

Tesla dubbed its driver assistant features “Autopilot” or “Full Self-driving,” which authorities say could mislead buyers into believing the automobile can generate by alone.

On its site, Tesla said its Autopilot element does not make the car autonomous, nevertheless.

On his Facebook account, Hendrickson was taking pictures a online video though driving on autopilot, saying, “Never stress. I am on autopilot.”

Relatives users were not obtainable for comment and Tesla, which has disbanded its community relations groups, was not promptly obtainable for comment.

Tesla Club-SoCal, a group of Tesla homeowners in Southern California, said on social media that he was an active member who “liked his Tesla.” He is survived by his spouse and two children, it extra.

The National Freeway Visitors Security Administration has been investigating a lot more than two dozen crashes of Tesla automobiles, together with the Fontana crash and a superior-profile a person in Texas past thirty day period that killed two adult men.

Given that 2016 at minimum 3 Tesla automobiles functioning on Autopilot have been in deadly crashes, two involving a Tesla automobile driving beneath a semi-truck in Florida.

The National Transportation Security Board said Tesla’s autopilot process failed to properly detect a truck as it crossed the car’s route, contributing to the mishaps also prompted by a lack of driver focus and an satisfactory driver checking process.