The family of 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla, alleging its “dangerously defective” Cybertruck door handle design trapped her inside a burning vehicle, as first reported by The New York Times. The lawsuit, filed in a California court on Thursday, claims Tesla continued to sell its vehicles despite “repeated and direct notice” that its electronic door handles posed a serious risk of entrapment.

In November 2024, the driver of a Cybertruck carrying three passengers hit a tree in Piedmont, California. The crash killed the driver, 19-year-old Soren Dixon, and one of the passengers, 20-year-old Jack Nelson. The lawsuit alleges Tsukahara survived the initial accident and was left with “minor injuries” while in the rear passenger seat. However, the C

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