# 2022 TESLA MODEL Y — LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `1963956` · 2024-02-02 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** MODEL Y
- **Year:** 2022
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
- **Speed:** 50 mph
## Narrative
Hello, My name is [XXX]  and I had 2022 Tesla Model Y performance. I had an accident on [XXX]. Car just took control itself, we hit the tree. It was in residential area, it happened so fast, that I could not to react to prevent it. After we hit the tree, car catch the fire, It was a nightmare for me, I had my best friend with me at the time of accident on the front passenger seat. Both of us were unconscious, by the time I got awake, car was in flames, my friend was still unconscious but than he got awake after I tried with the local neighbor to pull him out from the car. Unfortunately my friend passed away after accident in 5 hours. I had an autosteer assistance on my car subscription. Plus my car had a problem with the side cameras, time to time it was giving me errors - Door Pillar error message. Cops were trying to get information from the car, but according to Tesla representative my car was out of network from June 30, 2022. And i never got any notifications that my car is out of network.   INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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