A Tesla Cybertruck vehicle, Elon Musk’s brand pickup, exploded Wednesday morning in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas. The explosion caused the death of one person and slightly injured seven others, local police announced.
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“There is a deceased person inside the Cybertruck,” Las Vegas Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said during a news conference broadcast by ABC. The police officer also mentions seven people suffering from “minor injuries”.
Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, declared on his social network X that his teams were investigating this explosion, claiming to have “never seen anything like this”.
Outgoing President Joe Biden was briefed on the explosion near the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, the White House said Wednesday.
Huge cloud of smoke
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 in large format, explodes in a huge cloud of smoke.
This explosion comes a few hours after a former American soldier, identified by the FBI as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is suspected of having rushed into the crowd in the “Vieux Carré” district of New Orleans, killing at least ten dead and 35 injured. Investigators said they found an Islamic State group flag in the vehicle.
“As you can imagine, with an explosion here on our iconic Las Vegas Boulevard, we are taking every precaution to keep our community safe,” said Kevin McMahill, the sheriff of this Nevada city, without providing any details. other details.
