Tesla slams into two Newport Beach businesses

NEWPORT BEACH (FOX 11 / CNS) - A Tesla slammed into a building housing two businesses Monday in Newport Beach, leaving a bystander with minor injuries, police said.

The crash occurred just before 9:45 a.m. at 3601 Jamboree Road, according to Jennifer Manzella of the Newport Beach Police Department.

The driver escaped injury, but a woman standing outside the building sustained cuts and scrapes and was taken to an area hospital as a precaution, Manzella said.

The unidentified woman driving the Tesla was parking when the car crashed between a nail salon and beauty supply store, Manzella said. The car was not on auto-pilot at the time and it appears the cause of the crash was "operator error,'' Manzella said.