A college student’s family killed in a cyberc Car accident Has sued TeslaClaiming vehicle doors design was a “Death Net.”
19 -year -old Christa Tsukahara and two other people were killed when the driver of the vehicle entered a tree in Pidmont, California In November 2024. Sawana College of Art and Design Student, riding in backseat, was trapped inside the vehicle as it burst into flames, when the vehicle battery caught fire, the manual door was unable to find the release.
The doors are electronically operated, but when there is no power, the riders should use manual door release, according to it Vehicle owner manualTo do this from the back seat, the passenger must remove the rubber mat under the back door pocket, pull the mechanical release cable forward and then push the door open.
Cybetrik was obtained by “a functional, accessible and specific manual door release mechanisms, failure, or other fruitless systems for emergencies,” filing. Independent States.
Independent Tesla has been asked to comment.
Kishore’s parents, Carl and Nole Tsukahara are demanding losses against Tesla, which is owned by Tesla The world’s richest person Elon Musk,
“We have not only had to bear the loss of our daughter, but how it happened and why he could not get out. Carl Tsukahara said in a statement.
Matt Rordon, a friend of adolescence, told the police that he was driving behind Cybertrook and when he saw that it was Ablass, he jumped into action, Bloomberg Informed
Although they tried to press the button to open the doors, they did not open. Rordon then opened the front window with a tree branch, rescuing the passenger on the front seat. He said that he tried unsuccessfully to save Tsukahara from behind, the outlet told.
Sorran Dixon, 19 -year -old driver and Jack Nelson, also died in an accident at the age of 20, riding a back seat. Nelson’s family also sued a vehicle manufacturer on Thursday Bloomberg Informed
Nelson’s complaint stated, “The case arises from frightening design defects in Tesla CybraTrack, which turned into a living accident in a deadly fire.”
Nelson’s lawyer Matthew Davis said, “This is a case where two things can come true at the same time.” Bloomberg“People may be responsible for the accident and a company is responsible for the fact that they cannot get out.”
Federal automobile security regulators found the cases after weeks of disclosure that they were Test The door handles on another Tesla vehicle: 2021 model Y.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed last month, “Currently, the investigation of NHTSA focuses on the operation of electronic door lock from outside the vehicle as this situation is the only one that has no manual way to open the door.”
The automekar is developing new designs that will make the doors open in the event that a car loses electricity, Tesla’s chief designer Franz von Holzhoson said on Bloomberg. “Hot Pursuit” podcast Last month.
Tesla’s suit states that Tesla has known about the issues of the door handle for more than a decade from the accident.
In that period, “Tesla repeated and directly notices that its dependence on the electronic door system had created a serious risk of implicating. The owners, audiences, and the first respondents documented examples where Tesla survived the occupied crashed forces, but could not escape the power power,” filing.
Tesla was added to the suit on Thursday.
Earlier this year, Tsukaras filed a wrong death case against Dixon’s assets. Toxicology reports revealed that Dixon, as well as other passengers, had alcohol and drugs in their system, family lawyer Roger Draer said in a statement in May.
The family counsel said, “This girl faced the most terrible death, which one can imagine.” “He died due to inability to get out of the car and was consumed into the fire that surrounded the vehicle.”