Tesla EV Smashes Through Concrete Wall, Plunges Into Swimming Pool - Police Investigating

Shortly before 9 a.m. MST on Friday, a Tesla smashed through a cinderblock wall and crashed into an in-ground swimming pool in Phoenix, Arizona. No injuries were reported and the driver was able to escape the fully submerged blue sedan, according to reports, and Phoenix Police are investigating the accident.

According to 3TV/CBS5, the homeowner was home at the time of the crash and told reporters that he was getting ready to begin his day when he heard a loud noise from his backyard which was recently renovated. 

“I heard a sound that sounded like an explosion,” the homeowner said. “It sounded like a bomb went off.”

ABC15's Chief Photographer Danny Bavaro shared a video of the Tesla being removed from the pool. He described the scene: "North of 35th Ave and the 101 in north #Phoenix Tesla ended up in a pool after a two-car crash. Homeowner says he was sleeping when it happened but it sounded like a loud explosion. He's just thankful nobody was seriously injured. Both drivers stayed on scene."

Fox10's Rick Davis shared close-in footage of the Tesla submerged through the rubble of the wall. Davis also reported the incident as a "Two vehicle accident with Tesla crashing into pool, no injuries reported 35th Ave & Beardsley area .The owner of house says he just remodeled his backyard."

The second vehicle reportedly involved is not shown in any footage or still images and it is unknown if the Tesla was operating on autopilot or under the driver's direct control at the time of the accident.

According to The Washington Post, a recent uptick in accidents involving the Tesla autopilot has caused 17 fatalities in 736 accidents as of June 10th. WaPo wrote, "The uptick in crashes coincides with Tesla’s aggressive rollout of Full Self-Driving, which has expanded from about 12,000 users to nearly 400,000 in a little more than a year. Nearly two-thirds of all driver-assistance crashes that Tesla has reported to NHTSA occurred in the past year."

The outlet quoted Professor Philip Koopman of Carnegie Mellon University who has conducted research on autonomous-vehicle safety for 25 years and said that the large number of Teslas represented in the data raises serious questions.

“A significantly higher number certainly is a cause for concern,” he said. “We need to understand if it’s due to actually worse crashes or if there’s some other factor such as a dramatically larger number of miles being driven with Autopilot on.”

This is a developing story and will be updated by the DC Enquirer as additional information becomes available.

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