The Thanksgiving Day crash on Interstate 80 near Treasure Island in San Francisco resulted in two teenagers being transported to local hospitals for minor injuries and a prolonged blockage of the bridge.

Police report that the Tesla changed lanes and slowed to a stop in an unsafe situation, causing another car to hit the Tesla and triggering a chain reaction of more crashes.

The Tesla driver reportedly told police that the car’s FSD malfunctioned, but police could not determine whether the system was operating at the time or whether the driver’s account was true. The police report said that if the FSD malfunctioned, the driver should have taken over the vehicle manually.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has been investigating Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system, has not commented on the incident.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has touted Tesla’s “FSD” software as a potential cash cow for the world’s largest electric car maker. But Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems, and Musk’s claims about them, are facing increasing legal, regulatory and public scrutiny.

Tesla is offering the $15,000 FSD software as an add-on to its standard “Autopilot” feature, which allows cars to steer, accelerate and brake within their lanes without driver intervention.

Jennifer Homendy, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, questioned Tesla’s marketing of the feature as “full autopilot” when it can’t actually do so, and said Tesla must do more to make sure people don’t abuse it.

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In 2018, Riley sued Tesla after Barrett Riley, the son of James Riley, the plaintiff in the case, lost control of a Model S at 116 mph (187 km/h) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and crashed into a concrete wall of a house, killing him and another passenger in the car.

James Riley’s attorney said Barrett’s mother had asked Tesla to install a speed limiter on the Model S to keep him safe, but Tesla negligently removed the limiter two months later. Tesla, for its part, said Barrett tricked Tesla employees into removing the speed limiter when the car was sent in for service. This speed limiter ensures that the car’s speed is less than 85 miles per hour (about 137 kilometers per hour).

The jury found that Tesla was negligent for removing the “speed limiter” that the Riley’s had installed to prevent their son from driving too fast. Although the jury found Barrett Riley 90 percent responsible for the accident and his father 9 percent, the jury awarded Tesla $4.5 million and $6 million to Barrett’s parents, James Riley and Jeanne Riley, respectively.

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