The California Highway Patrol and the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration are looking into a deadly Tesla Cybertruck incident in Piedmont that left three Piedmont high school grads dead and one ill.
This is the second deadly accident in which a Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames, and the NHTSA says it is collaborating with the California Highway Patrol to identify the cause of the incident.
According to a statement from the federal vehicle safety department, NHTSA is currently collecting information and has not launched an investigation. Law enforcement and the manufacturer are providing information to the NHTSA.
According to Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers, the Cybertruck went off the road, struck a retaining wall, collided with a tree, and then erupted into flames in the single-vehicle collision that happened on Hampton Road at 3:08 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Four recent Piedmont High School graduates were among the passengers in the car; three of them, Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson, and Krysta Tsukahara, died in the collision. According to a statement from the city of Piedmont, a fourth person inside the car, who has not been named, was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition.
Flowers were placed at the base of the tree where the victims perished on Thursday as a way for the town to honor the loss of its young citizens.
According to Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers, the incident was devastating to the Piedmont community and unprecedented. Bowers stated that there was no proof that a mechanical flaw was the cause of the collision and ensuing fire, but that the car might have been traveling too fast at the time of the collision.
The investigation into how three Piedmont adolescents perished in the Cybertruck is being led by the California Highway Patrol and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which is responsible for looking into safety flaws in automobiles and enforcing safety regulations for automakers. PPD will receive the inquiry’s findings and be in charge of disseminating the information to the general public.
According to Piedmont Fire Department Chief Brannigan, an early assessment by Piedmont authorities revealed no evidence that the battery was the cause of the crash-related explosion or the fire.
Piedmont’s deadly collision is the latest in a string of accidents involving the Tesla Cybertruck, which has drawn a lot of attention since it was introduced on November 30, 2023. The carmaker is the focus of many NHTSA investigations and has issued six recalls in 2024. More significant recalls have since occurred, with the initial recall affecting 2.2 million Cybertrucks due to warning labels’ small type.
Tesla recalled around 4,000 cars in April due to a defective accelerator pedal that had the potential to become stuck. According to the NHTSA, the electric vehicle maker recalled more than 2,400 Cybertrucks on November 13 due to a flaw that might cause the cars to lose driver power.
The Piedmont collision is the most severe event involving the metal-paneled, futuristic pickup vehicle to date. According to Texas media station KHOU 11, the Nov. 27 incident is the second tragic accident involving a Tesla Cybertruck. The first occurred in August in Chambers County, Texas, when a Cybertruck drove off a road, caught fire, and killed its driver.
According to CHP Golden Gate Division Sergeant Andrew Barclay, the Piedmont incident investigation would probably take at least a few months as investigators examine a number of crash-related variables.
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