The report seems to indicate the driver wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, or the belt design failed, when the Tesla suddenly veered off a road into a tree and he was thrown to his death.

San Diego Police Department officers were called Thursday at 5:40 p.m. to the 10400 block of Scripps Poway Parkway where they learned after the victim failed to maneuver around the bend in the parkway, the Tesla crashed into the roadway’s center island and continued onto the island, striking multiple trees.

The driver was ejected and died at the scene, said Officer Robert Heims.

Not much of a bend to “maneuver” here.

Once again police find a “veered” Tesla crashed into trees, instead of into oncoming traffic. And yet again the Tesla trees and seatbelts question comes up.

Update: Video from a following car shows Tesla’s hallmark sudden dangerous acceleration, drift right and then a sudden left veer into a tree. It does not appear related to a notable bend in the road, as was reported.

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