CCTV video shows Tesla speeding through Paris street before fatal crash

Diners at the Sarawan Asian food restaurant were having a quiet evening on Saturday (December 11) when a car suddenly shot past the restaurant at high speed and crashed down the avenue. Paris taxi company G7 has suspended the use of the 37 Model 3 cars in its fleet after the accident on Saturday (December 11) involving one of its drivers in which one person was killed and 20 injured.

Tesla told France there was no sign of technical fault in Paris taxi crash.

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[autumnbranch]

The guy running down the sidewalk to help immediately after the crash is who we all wish would be present if we ever need to be helped. Hats off to them ⭐⭐⭐

[dinahgraham]

Not gonna lie, the cars speed was insane and also the fact those customers were being recorded with sound. Don't say anything personal.

[mike_gt]

Shocking is that the sounds is being recorded!!

[iAPX]

I appreciate the waiter, going outside and seeing the wreck, immediately calling the police. This was the responsible thing to do. Kudos!

[xtscarfacem]

People instantly knew there was no way that was going to end well.

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[nicosaurusmaximus]

For those wondering what they said :

"Car passing by"
Lady : Did you saw this car ?!
"Sound of crash"
Lady : He crashed or what ? What a horror what a horror...
Lady : See, all the people running (in the meaning that they run to the crash site, not away from it)
Lady : Look, I don't know ? we don't have to go there ?
Man : Close the blinds ( in the meaning that it's not a show to see, probably kids in the restaurant)
Lady : There is enough people (on the crash site)
Man : Close the blinds
Other man : He is crazy !
Lady : oh yes  he must be crazy
Man : He doesn't know how to drive ! (typical French sentence to say for someone who should not drive because of his behaviour)
Kid voice (maybe) : He ran over someone !
Other lady : he ran over someone !
Lady :  No you stay here ! There is enough people.

End of the video inside the restaurant.

[LK-fzvr]

You can actually hear the accident on the camera.. that's insane. Yeah def respect for the guy trying to help. His reaction is solid. I would've been shocked

[yakonsakomon]

0:17 respect for that guy on the outside running for trying to help

[BazzonMan-gfho]

My heart goes out to the victims and their families who were affected by the accident. It's truly devastating to hear about such a sudden and unexpected event. Safety should be paramount.

[deniszlatevski]

i think the car went to back to the future with that fast speed

[imnfewirose]

My grandma was killed so young because of a speeding driver. My mom was only 8/9 years old. She grew up without a mom because someone was being a reckless driver. Self driving isn't supposed to completely take over, it's supposed to assist you...lol ppl rely on thay feature way too much. Seen so many asleep in their teslas at freeways in California..

[munanchoinc]

No amount of Safety precautions in cars can stop people from being stupid and risking other people.

[cjjohnson]

He was going so fast I thought he was a time traveling.

[simmynkhalamo]

Just to clarify, is it normal for restaurants or public places to be able to record their customer's conversations, asking cause the audio mic is so crisp and sensitive that you can hear the car spending by and eventually crashing.
My heart goes to the people involved, so sad.

[MegumiHayashida]

Shoutout to the guy whose first instinct was immediately reaching out in order to help as fast as possible (or to record an ig story..)

[jajai]

Just a heads up for those who are not French : the car was a taxi, the driver said that the car accelerated on its own, it's a known problem of automatic cars, the driver mistake the acceleration pedal for the break pedal, and the car just accelerates out of control, it's even more of a problem on fast cars such as Teslas, those cars can reach extreme speeds in seconds, and before the driver is able to recognize his mistake, the car crashes.
I don't believe it was intentionnal, there is absolutely no way to drive at that speed in Paris without killing someone, bikes are everywhere, they run red lights all the time, pedestrians too, you don't intentionally go that fast for "fun". Besides, driving at that speed instantly revokes your driving license, and the guy was a taxi, so I don't think he would mess with that.
I think it really was a driving mistake, an investigation is ongoing

[LordLoMR]

Happened to me once when I was driving my moms truck in highschool. Just got my license, coasting on the freeway, saw that traffic had slowed down dramatically, panicked and thought I hit the brake pedal - but hit the gas instead. Ended up flying by a bunch of cars in the emergency lane. 😂

[Josereyes]

My great respect for the audacity and willingness to help of the man seen running outside to the crash site. It makes me happy to know that there’s many good people like him with the good intention to help others.