SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two new lawsuits slapped against Tesla this week accuse Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company of designing Cybertrucks that turn into fiery death traps after crashes. The suits also accused Tesla of failing to fix technical problems with electronic doors, despite a rising death toll.
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed by attorneys representing the parents of Krysta Michelle Tsukahara, a 19-year-old college student who was killed in a fiery Cybertruck crash in Piedmont, California. The second wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of 20-year-old Jack Nelson, who sat next to Tsukahara in the backseat.
“This case arises from catastrophic design defects in the Tesla Cybertruck that turned a survivable crash into a fatal fire. Jack survived the crash forces, and his impact injuries were minor,” the Nelson lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court states.
Tsukahara and Nelson were among four college students who were trapped inside a rapidly-burning Cybertruck on Nov. 27, 2024. Soren Dixon, Nelson, and Tsukahara died. The sole survivor was pulled out by a good Samaritan who managed to break open one of the vehicle’s bulletproof windows using a tree branch…