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The Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash was speeding with the car's Autopilot engaged at the time of the incident.

According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board
on Tuesday, the car was traveling 9 mph over the 65 mph speed limit at the time of the crash.

The NTSB report indicates that the car's traffic-aware cruise control and autosteer lane-keeping assistance - two features that constitute Tesla's Autopilot system - were in use at the time of the crash.

The May 7 crash, in which the 40-year-old driver died, is the first fatality involving Tesla's much-hyped advanced semi-autonomous Autopilot system. The crash occurred on US Highway 27A in Williston, Florida. The Model S hit the side undercarriage of a tractor trailer - sheering off the roof of the Tesla - as the truck was making a left turn across traffic.

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This is not the final accident report, and the findings may be subject to revisions by the agency.

Here's the complete NTSB preliminary report:

"About 4:40 p.m. eastern daylight time on Saturday, May 7, 2016, a 2015 Tesla Model S, traveling eastbound on US Highway 27A (US-27A), west of Williston, Florida, struck and passed beneath a 2014 Freightliner Cascadia truck-tractor in combination with a 53-foot semitrailer. At the time of the collision, the combination vehicle was making a left turn from westbound US-27A across the two eastbound travel lanes onto NE 140th Court, a local paved road.

"As a result of the initial impact, the battery disengaged from the electric motors powering the car. After exiting from underneath the semitrailer, the car coasted at a shallow angle off the right side of the roadway, traveled approximately 297 feet, and then collided with a utility pole. The car broke the pole and traveled an additional 50 feet, during which it rotated counterclockwise and came to rest perpendicular to the highway in the front yard of a private residence. The 40-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the Tesla died as a result of the crash.

"US-27A is a four-lane highway with a posted speed limit of 65 mph. A 75-foot-wide median separates the two eastbound lanes from the two westbound lanes.

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