"Tsukahara was in the back of a Cybertruck when the driver who was drunk and had taken drugs smashed into a tree in a suburb of San Francisco, according to the suit. Three of the four people in the car, including the driver, died. A fourth was pulled from the car after a rescuer smashed a window and reached in."
"The new legal threat to Tesla filed in Alameda County Superior Court comes just weeks after federal regulators opened an investigation into complaints by Tesla drivers of stuck-door problems. The probe and suit come at a delicate time for the company as it seeks to convince Americans that its cars will soon be safe enough to ride in without anyone in the driver's seat."
Krysta Tsukahara, a 19-year-old arts student, died after being trapped in a Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames following a crash. Her parents allege a design flaw made rear doors nearly impossible to open, and claim Tesla knew about the problem for years but failed to fix it. The crash involved a driver who was intoxicated and had taken drugs; three of four occupants died and one was rescued after a bystander broke a window. Federal regulators recently opened an investigation into Tesla stuck-door complaints. Other lawsuits and prior crash cases have raised concerns about Tesla door mechanisms.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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