COLFAX TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities say a Hudsonville woman was injured after her Tesla crashed while in self-driving mode near Big Rapids.
The Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened around 6:45 p.m. Sunday on M-20 near 135th Avenue in Colfax Township, southeast of Big Rapids.
Investigators said the driver, a 41-year-old Hudsonville woman, was heading westbound on M-20 when she put her Tesla in self-driving mode. She told deputies that once in self-driving mode, the car went off the roadway, struck a tree and rolled several times.
The driver was taken to the hospital with injuries that the sheriff’s office said were not life-threatening.