Tesla settles lawsuit over Autopilot crash that left Apple engineer dead [Video]

Tesla reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the 2018 fatal crash that killed an Apple engineer who was behind the wheel of his Model X while on Autopilot, when the car swerved into a barrier on a highway near San Francisco.

The settlement was made the day before the trial was scheduled to begin, ending a five-year legal battle, according to Reuters, and the terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Tesla did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.

In March 2018, Walter Huang, a 38-year-old Apple software engineer, was driving the Tesla Model X in Mountain View in Autopilot mode at about 70 mph when it crashed into a safety barrier.

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The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) said Huang had reported issues on prior trips with the Autopilot feature, steering the wheel toward an area between a highway …