Ford's BlueCruise Hands-Free Driving Assist Under Investigation After Fatal Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it will investigate a fatal crash that may have involved Ford's advanced hands-free driving assist technology, BlueCruise. It could be the first incident on record involving as capable a system, with potentially far-reaching consequences if the software is determined not to be up to snuff.

The crash was reported by KSAT to have occurred on February 24 in San Antonio, Texas. Around 9:50 p.m., the driver of a Ford Mustang Mach-E was reportedly traveling eastbound on Interstate 10 when they encountered a stationary Honda CR-V in the middle lane with its lights off. The Ford driver rear-ended the Honda, whose 56-year-old driver Jeffrey Allen Johnson of Austin was hospitalized. Johnson later died of his injuries.