A Tesla Cybertruck, Elon Musk’s pickup truck, exploded Wednesday morning in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and lightly injuring seven others, local police said.
“There is a deceased person inside the Cybertruck,” said Kevin McMahill, Las Vegas police sheriff, during a press conference broadcast by ABC. The police officer also mentions seven people suffering from “minor injuries”.
Investigation at Tesla
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. »
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.
-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.
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