A Tesla Cybertruck, Elon Musk’s pickup truck, exploded Wednesday morning, January 1, in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and lightly injuring seven others, police said. local.
« There is a deceased person inside the Cybertruck “, declared Kevin McMahill, sheriff of the Las Vegas police, during a press conference given Wednesday, January 1. The police officer also indicated that seven people were suffering from “ minor injuries » following what he described as “ grosse explosion ». « We had to evacuate the hotel “, clarified Mr. McMahill.
In images posted on social networks, a gray Cybertruck electric vehicle, parked in front of the entrance to the hotel where the name “Trump” is displayed large, explodes in a huge cloud of smoke. “ We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the back of the rented Cybertruck and is not linked to the vehicle itself », affirmed Elon Muskthe boss of Tesla.
Contacted by AFP to confirm these assertions, Las Vegas police did not immediately respond. “ We’ve never seen anything like this », initially declared Mr. Musk, also charged by Donald Trump of an extra-governmental mission of deregulation and reduction of public spending in his future government.
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