One person inside the vehicle died and seven others suffered minor injuries, police said. Two sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to CBS News that investigators are working to determine whether the truck There were fireworks for the explosion.
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“There is a deceased person in the cyber truck, and I don’t know if it’s a male or a female,” Sheriff Kevin McMahal of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at a press conference.
“Right now, we’re investigating multiple leads, and I’m not ready to give you any of that information right now. I can tell you that there are currently seven people who were injured in the explosion. are”. McMahill added that the injuries were reported to be minor.
McMahill noted that authorities are “very well aware” of the fatality. New Orleans attack On Wednesday, when a The man drove deliberately A pickup truck plowed into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people. The FBI said “weapons and a possible IED,” or improvised explosive device, were found in his vehicle.
Because of the timing, McMahill said officials are “taking all the precautions we need to take to keep our community safe.”
“We are looking for secondary devices,” he added.
McMahill said the Cybertruck, a 2024 model, pulled up to the hotel’s glass entrance doors. Smoke started coming from the car and then there was a big explosion.
Several videos posted on social media showed the explosion and the cyber truck engulfed in flames.
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“[O]Apparently a cyber truck, a Trump hotel — there are a lot of questions that we have to answer for us to move forward with this,” McMahal said.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a post on X, Musk said “Tesla’s entire senior team is currently investigating the matter. Will post more information as we learn more. We’ve never seen anything like it.”
In another post a few hours later, he said The explosion “was caused by a large fireworks and/or bomb placed in the bed of the rental cyber truck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself.”
Evacuation at Trump Las Vegas hotel
A county spokesman said in a statement that the fire was reported in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas at 8:40 a.m. Details of the incident were initially sketchy.
“I know you have a lot of questions,” Jeremy Schwartz, FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas office, said at the news conference. “We don’t have a lot of answers.”
Eric Trump, one of the president-elect’s sons, posted about the fire on X, is saying that “electric vehicle catches fire at Trump Las Vegas Port Couture.”
Authorities urged people to stay away from the area around the Trump Las Vegas hotel, which was evacuated. The 64-story hotel is just off the famous Las Vegas Strip and across the street from the Fashion Show Las Vegas shopping mall.
Tesla Introduced His steel-clad, futuristic-looking cybertruck in 2023, with Musk touting the vehicle’s bulletproof windows. The all-wheel Cybertruck costs around $80,000 to $100,000.
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