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Female driver killed, passenger injured as Tesla flips, bursts into flames on NYC’s FDR Drive
NY Post ^ | 02/04/2025 | Emily Crane

Posted on 02/04/2025 7:42:36 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A female driver was killed and her passenger seriously injured after they were tossed from a Tesla that flipped and then burst into flames on the FDR Drive in Manhattan early Tuesday, cops said.

The Tesla struck a guardrail and flipped on the FDR near 70th Street on the Upper East Side just after 2:30 a.m., the NYPD said — with photos showing huge chunks of the electric vehicle scattered across the road.

Both the woman and her 26-year-old passenger were ejected from the car, which burst into flames

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: bursts; drive; driver; fdr; female; flames; injured; killed; nycs; passenger; telsa
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Wow, how scary.
1 posted on 02/04/2025 7:42:37 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Prayers I know that area well.


2 posted on 02/04/2025 7:43:18 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who’d have thought random Tesla’s impacting gaurd rails and exploding by themselves killing their passengers in deliberate murder suicide.


3 posted on 02/04/2025 7:44:23 AM PST by Bayard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Speeding driver, no seatbelts


4 posted on 02/04/2025 7:45:45 AM PST by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

in an unrelated story, DOGE has announced cuts the Federal Highway Administration investigative division


5 posted on 02/04/2025 7:46:46 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LOl Seems Tesla has replaced the SUV in the Alt Left “get them” list

SUV Update: Runaway SUV!
Mar 28, 2008 Rush Limbaugh Show

RUSH: You may remember — it seems like a long time now, maybe a year or more, maybe even longer than that. Every day, ladies and gentlemen — there were headlines in the newspapers all over the country about runaway SUVs doing this, driving themselves off of the sixth floor of parking garages, running off of interstate bridges, all kinds of things. They were running into each other, running over people. Of course, the point of the headline: ‘Runaway SUV!’ SUV this, SUV that, was part of the environmentalist wacko movement. They were furthering the agenda of the Sierra Club and other environmentalist wackos, the Drive-Bys were, by trying to portray the SUV as a deadly invention, a deadly creation on its own. But we have been in a bit of a lull. There haven’t been such stories for quite a while. I mean it does seem like a year, until now.


6 posted on 02/04/2025 7:47:49 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: AppyPappy

> Speeding driver, no seatbelts <

No seatbelts was my first thought, too. But in this case I guess that didn’t make any difference. Had they not been thrown from the Tesla, they would have been burned to death.

Anyway, I suppose the time (2:30 am) could explain everything. Bars closing, drunks driving home.


7 posted on 02/04/2025 7:53:37 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: Bayard

Yeah. Musk is on the lefts s*** list. Any Tesla accident will be sensationalized


8 posted on 02/04/2025 8:02:57 AM PST by Vaquero (In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. ReataurantIf he is too old to fight, he'llz just kill you. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Doesnt AOC have a white Tesla like that?


9 posted on 02/04/2025 8:03:10 AM PST by FrdmLvr
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To: Vaquero

Tesla is the new SUV.


10 posted on 02/04/2025 8:05:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: teeman8r

I guess states no longer have their own investigative divisions? I wonder what the telemetry from the Tesla will show, maybe FAFO?


11 posted on 02/04/2025 8:10:15 AM PST by Mastador1
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To: MNJohnnie

Good memory, Johnnie!


12 posted on 02/04/2025 8:24:32 AM PST by nwrep
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To: dfwgator

Not really. All the Tesla’s have a very low center of gravity.
Which is one of the reasons they handle so well.

The problem is that these EVs acceleration is incredible. I am not a big EV fanboy because of the Lithium/ion battery safety.
However, they are really fun to drive. Especially the Plaid version. By far the fastest vehicle I have ever ridden in. Including a Porsche 911 turbo.


13 posted on 02/04/2025 8:36:57 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: MNJohnnie

bttt


14 posted on 02/04/2025 8:37:41 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: woodbutcher1963

The point is that everytime there was an accident, the media would go out of their way to point out an SUV was involved.

Now they will do the same with Teslas.

I say this as a non-fan of Tesla cars myself.


15 posted on 02/04/2025 8:38:21 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: woodbutcher1963

By far the fastest vehicle I have ever ridden in.

+++++++++++

You speak truth. They are almost motorcycle fast, if you know what I mean.


16 posted on 02/04/2025 8:50:28 AM PST by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: dfwgator

10-4
just like the Ford Explorer, Ford Pinto and Chevy Corvair.

I am not a Tesla owner. I would never buy one at this point.
Who knows about ten years from now.

Obviously, Tesla’s are now BAD because of Elon. I wonder how AOC mentally justifies it to herself.

My customer in Idaho who owns the Model S Plaid. It is the one I rode in a couple years ago. He says it is a better car than his former Porsche 911 turbo. He also has some of the cheapest electrical KHW rates in the USA because of the hydro dams on the Snake River. FYI, he also has a full size Dodge Ram pickup with a Cummins Diesel engine. His business also has multiple diesel powered large SEMI trucks.


17 posted on 02/04/2025 8:50:51 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: teeman8r
The FDR would be a City of New York issue or a State of NY issue it would have nothing to do with the Feds. FHA does not investigate individual crashes. It would be looking at patterns of crashes to determin if there was a design flaw or a construction fault causes the highway to be systematically unsafe.

The "Federal Highway Investigation Division" is not a formally recognized entity, but it likely refers to the investigative functions within the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the nation's highway system; investigations could include potential violations related to highway projects, safety concerns, or compliance with federal regulations, often conducted by the FHWA's Office of Civil Rights or in collaboration with the Department of Transportation's Office

18 posted on 02/04/2025 8:56:59 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: mund1011

Yes, prior to the ride in my customers Model S Plaid the fastest land vehicle I ever drove was my Kawasaki KZ650. Top speed 125 mph. Off the line though it was not nearly as fast as my Kawasaki KDX 175 dirt bike.
Nothing is as fast as a 2 stroke motorcycle off the line.
Except an EV.

One of the vehicles I would like to try is an Ebike Pro SS.
They came out about a year ago. It is basically a EV motor cross bike. Top speed 60 mph.

https://www.eridepros.com/pro-ss?srsltid=AfmBOooQr1X0xhk5hvrWBAFDQ5G6yQa0D19eMQ3rEmg1gntVWtTIY4oy

They originally were $4900. They are down to $4400
Just the battery is $2000.


19 posted on 02/04/2025 8:57:46 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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“The FDR would be a City of New York issue or a State of NY issue it would have nothing to do with the Feds. FHA does not investigate individual crashes. It would be looking at patterns of crashes to determin if there was a design flaw or a construction fault causes the highway to be systematically unsafe.

The “Federal Highway Investigation Division” is not a formally recognized entity, but it likely refers to the investigative functions within the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the nation’s highway system; investigations could include potential violations related to highway projects, safety concerns, or compliance with federal regulations, often conducted by the FHWA’s Office of Civil Rights or in collaboration with the Department of Transportation’s Office”

all that, is not funny though.


20 posted on 02/04/2025 9:04:04 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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