OSP: Driver dies after Tesla drifts off I-5 and crashes into tree, catches on fire

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A driver died after his car crashed and caught on fire in Jackson County early Monday morning, says the Oregon State Police.

The OSP responded to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, near milepost 33, in Jackson County, around 3:30 a.m. on June 5.

Police say the investigation indicated a black Tesla Model S, driven by Shawn Douglas Kroll, 29, of Oakley, was traveling northbound on I-5 when for an "unknown reason" the car drifted off of the roadway and onto the shoulder. The car drove through a fence, struck a tree, and caught fire.

Kroll was pronounced deceased at the scene.