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Florida driver killed in fiery Tesla accident after crashing into trees

A Tesla Model S caught fire during a fatal crash in Davie, Fla., on Sunday and reignited several times in the tow yard that police sent it to later in the day.

 

Omar Awan was killed after his car lost control and drove into a row of palm trees on Flamingo Road in Davie as it was traveling at speeds between 75 and 90 mph, according to police.

The Associated Press reported that an emergency responder tried to break a window to extract Awan from the burning car, but was unsuccessful. A self-proclaimed witness to the event told WPLG news that the doors couldnโ€™t be opened and that the driver was trapped by the airbags, but her account has yet to be corroborated by officials.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/driver-killed-in-fiery-tesla-accident-in-florida-after-crashing-into-trees

Anonymous ID: f133d3 Feb. 26, 2019, 10:59 p.m. No.5411395   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1428 >>1431

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Says he was burned beyond recognition

 

A Tesla owner was killed in a fiery crash in Davie, Florida, Sunday afternoon and a day later local emergency officials were still contending with the carโ€™s damaged lithium-ion battery pack that repeatedly reignited while sitting in a towing yard.

 

The man who died in the accident, Omar Awan, was driving on South Flamingo Road in Davie (which is north of Miami and adjacent to Fort Lauderdale) at about 4:30 pm local time when his 2016 Model S sedan veered off the road for an unknown reason, police spokesman Sergeant Mark Leone told Forbes. Awan then appears to have overcorrected the steering and lost control of the car, sending it across three lanes of traffic before it crashed into trees in the median, Leone said.

 

The car was engulfed in flames, leaving Awanโ€™s body โ€œburned beyond recognitionโ€ when it was finally removed from the car. Investigators donโ€™t yet know whether the accident occurred due to a technical flaw in the car or if Awan experienced a health issue prior to losing control of the car, Leone said.

 

The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, of between 75 mph and 90 mph, according to people who witnessed the accident, he said. The posted speed limit is 50 mph.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2019/02/25/tesla-driver-dies-in-fiery-florida-crashโ€“and-cars-battery-still-burns-a-day-later/#251ee7b62c05

Anonymous ID: f133d3 Feb. 26, 2019, 11:13 p.m. No.5411600   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

 

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1100600146734149632

 

9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge, after White House bypasses consultation with Dems

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump's nominee to be a judge on the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a party-line vote โ€“ and, in a historic snub, the White House ignored the input of the judge's two Democratic home-state senators in the process.

The aggressive and unprecedented move to bypass the traditional "blue slip" consultation process and plow ahead with the confirmation comes as the Trump administration seeks to systematically erode left-wing dominance on the key appellate court, which Trump has called "disgraceful" and politically biased.

With a sprawling purview representing nine Western states, the appellate court has long been a thorn in the side of the Trump White House, with rulings against his travel ban policy and limits on funding to "sanctuary cities." A lawsuit is currently pending before the 9th Circuit concerning Trump's emergency declaration over border security โ€“ and Trump had sarcastically predicted that Democrats would purposefully file suit in the San Francisco-based appellate court to improve their odds.

The new 9th Circuit judge, Seattle attorney Eric Miller, was confirmed 53-46. Miller was one the 51 federal judicial nominees left over from the previous Congress whom the White House re-nominated last month.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ninth-circuit-gets-another-trump-picked-judge-after-white-house-bypasses-consultation-with-dems