"Tesla doors have been at the center of several crash cases because the battery powering the unlocking mechanism can be destroyed in a fire and the manual releases that override that system are difficult to find. The lawsuit follows several others that have claimed various safety problems with Tesla cars. In August, a Florida jury decided that the family of another dead college student, this one killed by a runaway Tesla years ago, should be awarded more than $240 million in damages."
"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."
Parents of 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara filed a lawsuit alleging a Tesla door design flaw made it nearly impossible to open the door, trapping her as the Cybertruck burst into flames. The suit claims Tesla knew about the flaw for years and failed to fix it, leaving Tsukahara trapped amid flames and smoke that killed her. The crash occurred when a driver who was drunk and had taken drugs smashed into a tree; three of four occupants died and one was rescued after a window was smashed. Federal regulators opened an investigation into complaints of stuck doors. Tesla did not immediately respond.
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