Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents

Separate crashes in Texas and Connecticut involving Tesla electric vehicles left a woman dead when a car barreled into a house; and a driver rescued after plunging into a municipal swimming pool. A doorbell video camera captured the Friday night episode in Katy, Texas. Authorities said 76-year-old Martha Avila Mantilla was standing in the front room of a relative’s home when the Tesla Model 3 car crashed at speed into the residence. The driver, a 44-year-old man, told investigators from the Harris county sheriff’s office that the vehicle’s “automated driving assistance system” was engaged at the time, according to a statement from the agency. Michael Butler “failed to drive in a single lane, left the roadway and struck the residence”, the statement said, adding that the victim was taken to a hospital by helicopter but declared dead. The statement also said that Butler showed no signs of intoxication and was cooperative. It was not immediately clear if the driver sustained injuries. Meanwhile, a lifeguard in New Canaan, Connecticut , was praised for saving the life of a driver whose car plowed through trees and into a community pool as he was trying to park. Mike D’Urso, 18, told ABC News affiliate WABC that he and first responders pulled the driver uninjured from a passenger window of the car as it submerged into the pool on Tuesday morning. The pool had not yet opened for the day. …