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Driver says he was asleep on FSD when he hit CHP patrol car in Fairfield

📍 Electrek October 16, 2026 at 05:14 PM

Two California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers are recovering from serious injuries after a Tesla hit their patrol car on Interstate 80 near Fairfield. The crash happened just before midnight on Tuesday, October 13, when the vehicle drove through a four-lane closure set up after an earlier fatal crash and struck a Dodge Charger patrol car with both officers inside. The 22-year-old driver, from Sacramento, suffered minor injuries and told investigators he was asleep with Full Self-Driving (FSD) engaged. CHP has not released the Tesla model or software version.…

Two CHP officers seriously injured after being hit on I-80 in Fairfield
22-year-old driver says he was asleep with FSD engaged; not yet verified
Tesla drove through a four-lane closure marked with flares and cones at freeway speed

🔎 Why it matters: According to the driver, FSD was engaged while he was asleep; Tesla's vehicle logs will confirm or rule out that claim, which has no official confirmation yet. It is the latest Tesla to hit an emergency scene, a pattern that dates back to NHTSA's August 2021 investigation.

📈 Upside: Not applicable.

📉 Risk: If the logs confirm FSD was active, the case reopens questions about camera-based attention monitoring, because a sleeping driver kept advancing at freeway speed until impact.

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Driver says he was asleep on FSD when he hit CHP patrol car in Fairfield

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