That's shockingly common with almost all reports of drivers crashing into things. It takes the agency away from the driver and pushes the narrative that "accidents happen".
> One was an attempt to shape news coverage of car accidents. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, an industry group, established a free wire service for newspapers: Reporters could send in the basic details of a traffic accident and would get in return a complete article to print the next day. These articles, printed widely, shifted the blame for accidents to pedestrians — signaling that following these new laws was important.
It didn't really read that way to me, reads more that they're just reporting the facts they have. A Tesla car crashed into a building, caught fire, and the was put out. The root cause of the crash isn't known right now and will be the subject of the investigation.
From https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history
> One was an attempt to shape news coverage of car accidents. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, an industry group, established a free wire service for newspapers: Reporters could send in the basic details of a traffic accident and would get in return a complete article to print the next day. These articles, printed widely, shifted the blame for accidents to pedestrians — signaling that following these new laws was important.