"I believe we started to make the turn but then felt the car give way and lose its footing like we hit loose gravel. A Tesla driver who blamed his car 's autopilot feature for flipping his vehicle has admitted it was actually him . Tom Clark initially said he had engaged the semi - autonomous feature which " suddenly accelerated " before the crash on a country road outside of Minneapolis . But Clark , who suffered minor injuries in crash , later said it was his own mistake and that he had disengaged the feature by pressing on the accelerator before seeing the sharp left turn where the vehicle flipped .
A Tesla driver who blamed his car 's autopilot feature for flipping his vehicle has admitted it was actually him . Tom Clark initially said he had engaged the semi - autonomous feature which " suddenly accelerated " before the crash on a country road outside of Minneapolis . But Clark , who suffered minor injuries in crash , later said it was his own mistake and that he had disengaged the feature by pressing on the accelerator before seeing the sharp left turn where the vehicle flipped .