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Bloomberg reports Tesla quietly settled the lawsuit over the 2023 FSD-linked death of Johna Story on an Arizona highway.

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Tesla quietly resolves suit tied to first known pedestrian death in Full Self-Driving mode

Tesla reached an undisclosed settlement with the family of a pedestrian killed by a Model Y operating in Full Self-Driving mode. The 2023 collision, the first known pedestrian fatality linked to FSD, also launched a federal probe targeting 3.2 million vehicles.

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Tesla quietly resolves suit tied to first known pedestrian death in Full Self-Driving mode
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Tesla settled the lawsuit from relatives of the first pedestrian killed by a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode. The 2023 Arizona crash occurred when a Model Y struck a woman directing traffic amid sun glare. The incident prompted a federal investigation into roughly 3.2 million vehicles. Settlement terms were not disclosed.

Tesla reached an undisclosed settlement in the lawsuit filed by relatives of a pedestrian fatally struck by one of its vehicles operating in Full Self-Driving mode, Bloomberg reported. No financial details were released.

The crash occurred on an Arizona highway in 2023. On November 28, 2023, 71-year-old grandmother Johna Story exited her car to direct traffic around a prior wreck whose visibility had been reduced by intense sun glare.
The fatality represents the first known pedestrian death connected to the automaker’s driving technology.

A Tesla Model Y traveling at high speed in FSD mode then hit and killed her. The fatality represents the first known pedestrian death connected to the automaker’s driving technology.
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The incident triggered a federal investigation. The collision also launched a federal probe now targeting approximately 3.2 million Tesla vehicles while raising fresh questions about how FSD responds when its cameras encounter glare, fog or airborne dust.
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More than two years passed between the crash and the resolution. Bloomberg broke the news of the agreement on the same day the outlet detailed the case.
Neither side has issued public statements on the outcome, leaving unresolved broader issues of responsibility for the first documented pedestrian fatality involving FSD.
Details around the agreement remain limited. Neither side has issued public statements on the outcome, leaving unresolved broader issues of responsibility for the first documented pedestrian fatality involving FSD.
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