(Reuters) – America Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) mentioned on Monday it has requested Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc for extra data after one among its automobiles collided with a fireplace truck in California.

The Contra Costa County hearth division mentioned in a tweet on Saturday {that a} Tesla automobile struck one among its hearth vehicles and that the motive force was pronounced lifeless on the spot.

Since 2016, the NHTSA has opened a number of crash investigations involving Tesla automobiles the place superior driver help methods similar to Autopilot have been suspected of getting used.

Tesla has mentioned it is going to recall greater than 362,000 U.S. automobiles to replace its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software program after U.S. regulators mentioned the motive force help system didn’t adequately adhere to site visitors security legal guidelines and will trigger crashes.

Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.