"Tsukahara, 19, and Nelson, 20, were in the back of a Cybertruck in November 2024 when the driver, drunk and on drugs, smashed into a tree in the San Francisco suburb of Piedmont, California, according to the suits. The driver also died. A fourth passenger was pulled from the car after a rescuer broke a window and reached in. The Tsukahara lawsuit was first reported by The New York Times."
"The new legal threats to Tesla filed in Alameda County Superior Court come just weeks after federal regulators opened an investigation into complaints by Tesla drivers of problems with stuck doors. 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."
Two college students, Krysta Tsukahara and Jack Nelson, died after becoming trapped in the back of a Cybertruck that burst into flames following a crash. The crash involved a driver who was drunk and on drugs and who also died; a fourth passenger was rescued after a rescuer broke a window. Lawsuits allege a design flaw made the doors nearly impossible to open and that the company knew about the problem for years but did not act faster. Federal regulators opened an investigation into complaints about stuck doors. Battery-powered unlocking mechanisms can be destroyed in fires and manual releases are difficult to find.
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