However, according to the police there is no evidence, yet, to show that the car’s Autopilot was ON before the crash.

For the second time in as many weeks, Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot mode has drawn fire. According to Albert Scaglione, an art dealer, this particular feature was responsible for the crash which resulted in the Model X rolling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on July 1.

According to the police report, the Model X hit a guard rail and then went towards the median and smacked it before going belly up. Both passengers,

Scaglione and his son-in-law survived the crash.

Despite Scaglione story, the Police are likely to charge the driver for the mishap since there isn’t any evidence to show that the Autopilot was at fault.

On its part, Tesla has outright rejected the very notion that it is at fault and is culpable for the incident. In a statement, the auto manufacturer said that it has “no reason to believe” that the vehicle’s Autopilot was turned ON at the time of the crash. Significantly, it also has not had any success in reaching Scaglione since the mishap.

This is exactly the kind of incident for which Tesla places the liability for Autopilot related crashes on the driver.

Regardless who is to blame, such incidents are likely to act as a pressure point on Tesla and force it to answer some daunting questions regarding its responsibility in the event of a collision when the Autopilot is on.

Here its response following this mishap.

“We received an automated alert from this vehicle on July 1 indicating airbag deployment, but logs containing detailed information on the state of the vehicle controls at the time of the collision were never received. This is consistent with damage of the severity reported in the press, which can cause the antenna to fail. As we do with all crash events, we immediately reached out to the customer to confirm they were ok and offer support but were unable to reach him. We have since attempted to contact the customer three times by phone without success. Based on the information we have now, we have no reason to believe that Autopilot had anything to do with this accident.”