A dramatic scene unfolded along Highway 26 westbound near the Jefferson Street on-ramp in Portland, Oregon, after a Tesla Cybertruck went off the road and buried itself into the roadside bushes hard enough to require not one, but two tow trucks to drag it back to civilization. Portland-area reporter Mike Warner captured the whole spectacle on video and shared it to X, giving the internet exactly what it needed on a perfectly ordinary morning: a scratched-up, banged-up, stainless-steel monument to automotive hubris being slowly winched out of the shrubbery headfirst.
Warner’s caption did not mince words, calling out “significant damage” to the vehicle’s wheels and window, and noting that the recovery operation was partially blocking the on-ramp. No injuries were reported, which is genuinely good news. The Cybertruck itself, however, was not walking away from this one unscathed. Anyone watching the footage could see the damage clearly, and Warner himself put “indestructible” in quotes right there in the caption, like punctuation on a very expensive joke.
It did not take long for the Tesla faithful to show up in the replies. Comments rolled in suggesting the truck was not nearly as damaged as Warner implied, that any other vehicle would have fared far worse, and that the Cybertruck’s stainless steel construction likely saved the driver from a much uglier outcome. In other words, getting pulled out of a bush by two tow trucks is now a testament to engineering excellence. The internet remains a fascinating place…