Three dead in cybertruck crash

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Three occupants of a Tesla Cybertruck were pronounced dead early Wednesday morning after the vehicle crashed and burned in Piedmont, officials said.


Another occupant of the car was taken to the hospital with severe injuries, Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers said during a morning press conference. His department received an iPhone alert from within the vehicle at 3:08 a.m., he said, and officers got to the scene two minutes later and found the Cybertruck covered in flames. Firefighters arrived at 3:16 a.m., he said. The causes of the single-car crash and the three deaths are under investigation at this time, but speed was likely a “contributing factor,” Chief Bowers said.

“Our women and men who responded to this call did everything they could,” the police chief said at the press conference. “It's devastating. But again, the devastation pales in comparison to what these families are dealing with this morning, the day before Thanksgiving.”

The crash mangled the vehicle. Video and photos show it rammed against both a retaining wall and a tree on the side of the road. The front of the Cybertruck was crumpled, with a panel on the front-right corner almost completely shorn off.

“The solo vehicle that was involved in the crash, there was another vehicle that came after it, that was following behind and came upon the vehicle as it was fully engulfed,” the police chief reportedly said. “The individual exited the car and was able to pull the person out, but the nature of the vehicle was a Cybertruck, and the heat was just too intense.”

[RockRaven]

1. Darwin Award

Maybe. They could have already reproduced, of course.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Adding to Tesla's sterling safety record.

[rampartd]

3. does "cybertruck" mean "self driving?" n/t

[louis-t]

4. No, but Leon's motto should be

"It probably gonna blow up." 6 rockets, dozens of Teslas.

[Demovictory9]

11. No..its that big square dumpster looking truck

[Thunderbeast]

5. What burned?

Did the batteries ignite?

How?

[Demovictory9]

6. Article says it wasnt batteries. Speed was factor. But flames twice as high as vehicke

???

[IcyPeas]

7. all four occupants were friends and 2023 graduates of Piedmont High School

So, young kids.

There is a video in the link below with the cybertruck being towed away. What a wreck.

A woman who knows the victims and is in close contact with the survivor’s family told KRON4 that all four occupants were friends and 2023 graduates of Piedmont High School. The friends had returned from college and were home for the holidays, the woman said.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/crews-respond-to-fatal-cybertruck-crash-in-piedmont/

[Demovictory9]

8. Young people driving that big thing at night..probably lost control. Sad

https://abc7news.com/amp/post/3-killed-fiery-tesla-cybertruck-solo-crash-piedmont-police-say/15594337/#amp_ct=1732768784263&_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17327687364448&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

A Tesla Cybertruck crashed at Hampton Road and King Avenue just after 3 a.m., where it also caught on fire.

[Demovictory9]

9. Wrapped around tree

[IbogaProject]

10. several dangers

These electric cars have much steeper acceleration curves, including super quick 0-60 times even in lower priced models. This gives drivers more opportunities to over drive, and on a weavy road like they were on it can turn deadly with just one mistake or sudden danger. And then you add Elon's "cost cutting", which I'm sure includes unsafe design and manufacturing choices.