Los Angeles:
At least one individual was killed and 7 wounded when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outdoors a lodge belonging to US President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas, police mentioned Wednesday.
The electrical automobile pulled as much as the Trump International Hotel’s glass entrance earlier than a “massive explosion,” Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill informed reporters.
Video footage exhibits the stainless-steel truck parked on the lodge entrance earlier than bursting into flames, adopted by smaller explosions that appeared much like fireworks.
McMahill mentioned there was “one deceased particular person contained in the Cybertruck” whereas seven individuals obtained “minor” accidents.
Tesla chief Elon Musk mentioned that the explosion was “brought on by very massive fireworks and/or a bomb carried within the mattress of the rented Cybertruck,” including in a publish on X that it was “unrelated to the automobile itself.”
Earlier, he mentioned the “entire Tesla senior workforce” was investigating the blast, including: “We’ve by no means seen something like this.”
Police mentioned they’re nonetheless working to determine the reason for the explosion.
Musk, who backed Trump within the November election and was named by the Republican to go up a fee to trim authorities spending, mentioned he would publish extra data “as quickly as we be taught something.”
President Joe Biden was briefed on the explosion and directed his workforce to supply any federal help wanted, the White House mentioned.
He was earlier briefed on a car-ramming assault in New Orleans that left at the very least 10 individuals useless on Wednesday.
McMahill referenced that assault however didn’t explicitly hyperlink the 2 incidents, saying that authorities in Las Vegas have been “taking all the precautions that we have to hold our neighborhood protected.”
He mentioned the lodge had been evacuated.
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