{"id":5717,"date":"2025-10-05T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/tesla-lawsuit-krysta-tsukahara\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:30:00","slug":"tesla-lawsuit-krysta-tsukahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/tesla-lawsuit-krysta-tsukahara\/","title":{"rendered":"College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The family of a California college student who perished last year inside a Cybertruck that crashed and burst into flames is now suing Tesla for flawed doors they claim kept their daughter locked inside the steel death trap, according to The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never want this to happen to any other family,\u201d said Carl Tsukahara\u00a0in an earlier interview<\/a> about his daughter, 19-year-old Krysta, who died along with two others in the Cybertruck crash in November last year. \u201cThe pain and shock and horror were unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

This lawsuit \u2014 and a similar incident in Texas in which a man died trapped inside his fiery Cybertruck<\/a> \u2014 further darken the reputation of Tesla, which has been lambasted for the door design<\/a> on many models. It also piles on the woes of the flawed Cybertruck, which has been beset with lagging sales<\/a> and criticism for poor workmanship and design<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tesla is under intense scrutiny for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems, which have been at the center of several wrongful death lawsuits<\/a>, including one in which a Florida federal jury ordered<\/a> the car company to pay $243 million for a horrific crash<\/a> that killed a 22-year-old pedestrian in 2019.<\/p>\n

It all comes at a delicate time for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk in his controversial push for Tesla robotaxis<\/a>, which have already gotten into their own accidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the case of Krysta Tsukahara, she was riding in the rear seat of the Cybertruck with another passenger, Jackson Nelson, 20, when the driver, 19-year-old Soren Dixon, crashed into a tree, according to NYT<\/em>, killing the two young men.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit from Tsukahara\u2019s family claims that she initially suffered from minor injuries and could have escaped if it weren\u2019t for the faulty Cybertruck doors that are hard to open during an emergency. She ultimately died from burns and smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n

The Tesla vehicle\u2019s doors are linked to a battery separate from the main vehicle\u2019s power source, so the door batteries can become inoperable after a crash. When the power is cut off, a passenger in the rear would need to fish around in a rear door\u2019s storage compartment and lift a cable in order to escape \u2014 a process that critics say is neither intuitive nor safe.<\/p>\n

Tesla representatives have said they are working on a new design to make the doors on its models easier to open in case power cuts off, according to the NYT<\/em> \u2014 though it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess why the issue wasn\u2019t handled years ago.<\/p>\n

On this matter, the father of Tsukahara had some stern words for the car company.<\/p>\n

\u201cOurs is not an isolated case,\u201d Carl Tsukahara told NYT<\/em>. \u201cThis company is worth a trillion dollars. How can you release a machine that\u2019s not safe in so many ways?\u201d<\/p>\n

More on the Tesla Cybertruck:<\/strong> The Cybertruck Is Turning Into a Complete Disaster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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