Justine Saint Amour, took her infant for a drive in her Tesla Cybertruck on August 18, 2025. The mother drove on Houston’s 69 Eastex Freeway with her autopilot engaged, not at all anticipating any problem. But as the car approached a curve in the road, something went terribly wrong. Dashcam video shows the Cybertruck crashing into a pole, which saved Saint Armour from driving off a bridge. Now the mother is warning other parents of the dangers of a Cybertruck and wants Tesla to pay.
The Cybertruck allegedly went rogue.
According to a statement from attorney Bob Hilliard obtained by Fox Business, the Cybertruck seemed to have a mind of its own.
“Something terrifying happened, without warning, the vehicle attempted to drive straight off an overpass,” Hillard explained.
Saint Amour expected the car to continue with the right-hand curve of a Y-shaped overpass, but instead she found herself crashing head-on into a pole.
The Cybertruck’s dashcam recorded the entire accident.
'TERRIFYING': Dashcam video shows the moment a Tesla Cybertruck, allegedly operating in self-driving mode, nearly sent a Houston mom and her infant off a bridge before violently crashing into an overpass barrier.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 17, 2026
The woman claims she suffered multiple injuries from the incident… pic.twitter.com/DgcnHp2FtZ
The footage is truly terrifying. Saint Armour reportedly tried to stop the vehicle, but it was too late.
“And suddenly, like that, you know you realize you know this car is going to kill me,” Hilliard told News4SA.
He added that the Cybertruck’s technology is not nearly as special as the company markets it to be.
“It is a driver-assist Tesla, basically cruise control on steroids. Um but the marketing tells the driver that it is fully self driving,” Hilliard told News4SA.
Hilliard claims Saint Armour found herself helpless in the scary situation. “Even a very alert driver who allows the truck to drive itself, like it says it can, you know can’t go from passenger to emergency-driver reaction, you know in a blink of an eye, and that’s what Tesla expects,” he said.
The lawsuit seeks $1 million from Tesla.
Per Fox Business, Saint Armour’s lawsuit seeks $1 million in damages. The mother reportedly suffered injuries in the crash, but her infant daughter stayed safe in the back seat. Hilliard claims Tesla could have avoided all this trouble if it hadn’t cut corners in production.
“Tesla’s decisions made Justine’s accident inevitable,” Hilliard, Saint Amour’s lawyer, said in a statement on social media. “This company wants drivers to believe and trust their life on a lie: that the vehicle can self-drive and that it can do so safely. It can’t, and it doesn’t.”
Some things we probably just need to do on our own.
We’re all for technological advances, but a self-driving car is a bit scary. Machines and computers make mistakes, too. This one nearly cost a mother and her baby their lives. As far as we’re concerned, we’re going to stick with driving our cars ourselves. At least then we can anticipate what will happen next. We’re not ready to be driven by our cars just yet.
