Man dies after crashing Tesla into pool

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Houston police are investigating a bizarre accident in which an elderly man drove through a garage and ended up in a neighbor's swimming pool, where he died.

At about 1:40 p.m. Sunday, the man, whose name has not been released, was in a black Tesla inside a garage in the 1100 block of Potomac, near Woodway and Fountainview in west Houston.

According to police, the car suddenly shot through the garage and crashed through a pool wall next door, landing in the pool.

A female passenger was able to get out of the car but the driver was not. and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.

KPRC-TV reported that the 85-year-old driver may have hit the accelerator instead of the brake. He was with a friend he planned on driving to a medical appointment on Monday, according to the station.

No further information was immediately available Monday about the incident.