Tesla driver struck, killed in fiery wrong-way crash on I-84 – oregonlive.com:
I’m not sure what this headline does except attempt to tie the “Tesla” brand to bad news.
The driver of a BMW traveling the wrong way on Interstate 84 struck a Tesla head-on, killing the Tesla’s driver early Saturday.
What, if anything, does the fact that the victim was driving a Tesla have to do with anything?
A preliminary investigation revealed that Autumn Breeze Willis, 26, of Beaverton, was driving the BMW X3 west in the eastbound lanes near Corbett when she collided with a Tesla Model Y driven by Jeffrey Allen Flood, 40, of Boring.
Oregon State Police responded to the crash at 3:49 a.m.
The impact caused the Tesla to catch fire and become fully engulfed in flames.
Flood was declared dead at the scene. Willis suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital.
So the Tesla driver died on impact. Given highway speeds and two opposing vehicles, the crash would’ve been at least the equivalent of 110 miles an hour (55 mph x 2), likely more.
The interstate was closed for approximately five hours during the investigation. The criminal investigation remains ongoing.
This story was drafted with the assistance of generative AI based on data from Oregon State Police and reviewed by Oregonian editorial staff.
A human being didn’t even write this story, and I’ve quoted the entirety of the article above. Most likely The Oregonian received a press release from Oregon State Police, had AI rewrite it for maximum clicks and views, somebody in the newsroom read it went said, “Good enough,” and here we are. Which is my way of saying, “Here we are in a place were we might be better off just getting the news releases straight from the police and cutting out the middle man and the associated subscription costs.”