A student was reportedly burned alive after being trapped inside her Tesla
Following a crash that killed two of her friends, a California college student was fatally engulfed in flames when a Tesla Cybertruck allegedly became a deathtrap, โentombingโ her inside as it burst into fire.
On November 27, 2024, Krysta Tsukahara, 19, was riding in a Cybertruck with three friends when it collided with a retaining wall and erupted into flames.
โResponding officers discovered a single vehicle completely consumed by fire. Sadly, this crash resulted in multiple casualties,โ the Piedmont Police Department said in a Facebook update.
Krysta, driver Soren Dixon (19), and passenger Jack Nelson (20) โ all recent graduates of Piedmont High School โ had returned home for Thanksgiving.
They became trapped as the blaze intensified and could not escape.
The only person to survive, Jordan Miller, was pulled from the burning vehicle by a friend who smashed a window โ striking it 10 to 15 times until it fractured. He dragged the โbarely consciousโ Miller out just moments before flames overtook the interior.
According to reports, Dixon โ who was driving โ tested positive for methamphetamine and cocaine, and had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.195, well over the legal limit. Autopsy results also showed Krysta and Nelson had alcohol and cocaine in their systems.
Krysta, a secondโyear art student at Savannah College of Art and Design, apparently walked away from the crash with only minor injuries.
But, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her parents, she was locked inside the car and ultimately died from smoke inhalation and severe burns, enduring what her family describes as โunimaginable agony and emotional torment.โ
The lawsuit alleges she attempted to escape through the front passenger window because the Cybertruckโs electrical door system had failed. She was unable to open her door due to the electrical failure โ as was the Good Samaritan attempting to rescue her. She was then pushed back by heat and fire, and couldnโt be freed. The legal filing states she passed away from thermal injuries and inhaled smoke.
