two men were killed in a wreck at Texas while riding at a Tesla car that authorities said nearly undoubtedly had no body driving, US press reported Sunday.

the car was driving at highspeed late Saturday north of Houston as it flew right into a tree and burst in to flames, the Wall Street Journal reported, ” said Harris County constable Mark Herman.

“Our preliminary evaluation is discovering — however it is not complete yet — there wasn’t any body at the wheel of this car,” he explained. “We are nearly 99.9 per cent convinced.”

When authorities came, among those two sufferers was sitting at front passenger seat and one other at the back seat.

Herman said authorities hadn’t determined if the driver-side air bag had deployed and also perhaps the vehicle’s driver support program was engaged during the right time of this accident.

AFP wasn’t able to make it to the area authorities for opinion.

On its own site, Tesla warns that the motorist assist systems it includes usually do not create their own vehicles fully autonomous and also active driver oversight remains vital.

However videos frequently reveal moving Teslas with drivers without their fingers on the wheel for long amounts of time.