Tesla gave driver multiple warnings before fatal crash

Joshua Brown kept his hands on the wheel for just 25 seconds during 37-minute drive, say US officials

Tesla Model S Autopilot crash
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The driver killed while testing an autonomous Tesla car last year ignored multiple "visual or aural" warnings ahead of his fatal crash, says the US-based National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

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