A Tesla hit a light pole and two trees inside the Miromar Lakes community in Lee County, Florida, a little after 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, and the first call to 911 came from the driver’s iPhone without anyone dialing it. When Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, the debris had been cleaned up and the driver was gone, according to the arrest report as described by WESH. Deputies put the damage at about $20,000.
Deputies identified the driver as Christopher Brewer. The Lee County jail booking record shows a Christopher Brewer, 23, booked at 5:06 a.m. on Sept. 21 on a single charge listed as hit and run involving an unattended vehicle or property without leaving identification. He posted a $150 cash bond and was released at 8:54 a.m. The charge is an accusation, and Brewer has not commented publicly.
According to the report, Brewer and another person told Miromar Lakes security that he was going to the hospital. Deputies later learned from a woman that he was at her house and had not gone to a hospital, WESH reported. The public account of the report does not say who cleared away the debris.
What Brewer’s iPhone Sent to Dispatchers
Crash Detection comes on the iPhone 14 and later models. Apple’s support page for the feature lays out the sequence after the phone decides it has been in a severe crash: an alarm and an on-screen alert for 10 seconds, then, if nobody responds, a 30-second countdown, then a call to emergency services. WESH put the window at 30 seconds; Apple’s own numbers add up to about 40. Once the call connects, the phone plays a looped recording telling the dispatcher that the device detected a severe car crash and its owner is unresponsive, along with the phone’s estimated latitude and longitude. Apple says the location goes out whether or not Location Services is turned on…