A California motorist was allegedly asleep behind the wheel of his Tesla when he drove through a crash scene at full speed, seriously injuring two California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers.
Officers from the CHP Solano area office responded at around 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to the scene of a deadly crash on eastbound Interstate 80 west of Air Base Parkway. A 19-year-old San Pablo man driving a 2007 Honda Civic lost control for unknown reasons and was struck by a 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by a 47-year-old Sacramento man.
The Civic driver was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators say alcohol was not a factor, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Still at the scene of that crash, at around 11:46 p.m., four CHP officers were using three CHP patrol vehicles with their emergency lights activated to close the scene. Four lanes were closed to traffic, and motorists were being diverted into the slow lane…