A view of I-80 westbound near the I-780 interchange. A Tesla driver from San Francisco allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian near the interchange early Thursday morning while his car was in self-driving mode, officials said.

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A Tesla driver from San Francisco allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian in Solano County early Thursday morning while his car was in self-driving mode, officials said.

The crash happened just after 2:30 a.m. on westbound Interstate 80 at the Interstate 780 interchange, the California Highway Patrol said in Facebook post . The Tesla’s dash camera, which captured the crash, showed the pedestrian walking onto the freeway from the right shoulder while the car was traveling at 70 mph, CHP said.

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The pedestrian, a 71-year-old man from Vallejo, stepped “directly into the path of the Tesla,” according to CHP, as he crossed the highway toward the center divide.…