Tesla Driver to Pay $23K in Restitution for Fatal 2019 Crash Amidst Company-Wide Recall

The restitution order and Tesla's recall of nearly all U.S. vehicles for software updates follow a federal investigation into crashes involving the Autopilot system.

Kevin Aziz Riad, the Tesla driver involved in a fatal 2019 crash in Los Angeles, has been ordered to pay over $23,000 in restitution.
Riad, who was using Tesla's Autopilot system at the time of the crash, pleaded no contest to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
The crash resulted in the deaths of Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, whose families have filed separate civil lawsuits against Riad and Tesla.
The decision was announced the same day Tesla recalled nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S. to update software and fix a system intended to ensure driver attention when using Autopilot.
The recall, affecting over 2 million vehicles, followed a two-year federal investigation into crashes involving the Autopilot system.