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Tesla crashes columbus convention center12/21/2023 ![]() The authority estimates $250,000 to $350,000 in damages, including to the drywall, the sprinkler system, power lines, carpeting and wall coverings.Ĭrews are working as quickly as possible to repair the damage and restore the damaged meeting room, the authority said. The Columbus police report mentions nothing about the self-driving autopilot feature or any other mechanical issue playing a role in the crash.Ĭonvention center: Columbus Convention Center investigating sale of naming rightsĭespite happening at lunchtime at a busy convention center in what is normally one of the most crowded entertainment and dining areas of Columbus, no other injuries were reported inside or outside the center.īut the Franklin County Facilities Authority, which operates the convention center, reported Thursday in a release that extensive damage occurred to the exterior and an interior meeting room from the crash. The transportation safety agency has investigated Tesla crashes since 2016, recommending that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration limit use of Tesla's "autopilot" feature, which allows the car to drive itself - albeit with the driver instructed to pay attention. The NTSB did not return a call Friday to its Washington, D.C. Yellow Cab officials could not immediately be reached Friday for comment. The heavily damaged Tesla was towed to a parking lot operated by Yellow Cab, the crash report said. ![]() Jules, who was cited by police for failure to control, was transported in stable condition to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.īrown said security video from the convention center shows that the Tesla avoided a vehicle that was in its path on Vine Street before it hit the curb, launched several feet into the air, clipped a concrete planter and smashed through a glass wall. They also said it did not appear he applied brakes before the building was hit. ![]() Three witnesses to the crash, one of whom was stopped at the red light at North High Street, told police that the driver of the Tesla appeared to speed up in order to beat a red light. ![]() He exited Route 315 at the Neil Avenue exit, which leads directly onto Vine Street toward a T-intersection and traffic light at North High Street - with the convention center directly in its path. Jules told police he was driving on Ohio Route 315 when he "lost control of his brakes and was unable to stop," according to the police report. What the Columbus police report says about the Tesla crashĪ Columbus police crash report states that the driver of the Tesla, 63-year-old Frantz Jules, told police that he was unable to slow the vehicle as it hit speeds of 70 mph on a Downtown highway, so he exited and smashed into the center. The Tesla crashed through a glass exterior of the convention center and plowed into an unoccupied meeting room area inside. ![]()
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