US EditionTesla Is Sued by Family Who Says Faulty Doors Led to Daughter’s Death
- On October 2, 2025, Carl and Noelle Tsukahara filed a lawsuit in Alameda County against Tesla, blaming its door design for their daughter’s death in a Cybertruck crash near San Francisco.
- The lawsuit follows a November 27, 2024 crash in which 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara was trapped amid flames after the intoxicated driver crashed into a tree, and it also comes amid past complaints about Tesla’s electronic door failures.
- The suit alleges Tesla knew for years that the electronic door system posed risks, with dozens of complaints about doors failing to open and manual releases being hard to find, yet continued selling vehicles with this flaw.
- In the crash, three of four passengers died including the driver, who was under the influence, while eyewitness Matt Riordan described hearing Krysta’s cries and the car announcement 'crash detected' as he broke the window to rescue others.
- The lawsuit escalates legal pressure on Tesla amid a recent federal probe into stuck-door complaints and a separate August Florida case awarding over $240 million for a fatal Tesla crash, suggesting continued scrutiny on vehicle safety.
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Parents of two college students killed in a Tesla allege design flaw trapped them in the burning car - Boston News, Weather, Sports
The parents of two college students killed in a Tesla crash say they were trapped in the car as it burst into flames because of a design flaw that made it nearly impossible for them to open the doors, according to lawsuits filed Thursday. The parents of Krysta Tsukahara and her friend, Jack Nelson, allege that the company that helped Elon Musk become the world’s richest man knew about the flaw for years and could have moved faster to fix the pro…
College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla
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. “I never want this to happen to any other family,” said Carl Tsukahara in an earlier interview about his daughter, 19-year-old Krysta, who died along with two others in the Cybertruck crash in…
Parents allege Tesla design flaw trapped them in burning car
The parents of two college students killed in a Tesla crash say they were trapped in the car as it burst into flames because of a design flaw that made it almost impossible for them to open the doors, according…
Cybertruck trapped California college students who burned to death, new lawsuits claim
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two new lawsuits slapped against Tesla this week accuse Elon Musk's electric vehicle company of designing Cybertrucks that turn into fiery death traps after crashes. The suits also accused Tesla of failing to fix technical problems with electronic doors, despite a rising death toll. A wrongful death lawsuit was filed by attorneys representing the parents of Krysta Michelle Tsukahara, a 19-year-old college student who was …
Lawsuit Claims Tesla Door Design Led to Deaths of 3 Teens in Fiery Wreck
The parents of a 19-year-old woman who died along with two other teens in a fiery Cybertruck crash last year have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's Tesla, claiming the vehicle's door handle design prevented their daughter from escaping the burning wreckage. The post Lawsuit Claims Tesla Door Design Led to Deaths of 3 Teens in Fiery Wreck appeared first on Breitbart.
The family of one of the victims has filed a lawsuit against the electric car company
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