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Tesla Death

The widow of Yoshiro Umeda sued Tesla Motors in federal court for the death of her husband, who was reportedly <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tesla-Death.pdf">the first pedestrian to die by being struck by a Tesla on autopilot</a></strong>, on April 29, 2018.</p>

SAN FRANCISCO — The widow of Yoshiro Umeda brought a federal complaint over the death of her husband, who was reportedly the first pedestrian to die by being struck by a Tesla on autopilot, on April 29, 2018.

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