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 killed in a fiery Cybertruck crash in Piedmont, California. The second wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of 20-year-old Jack Nelson, who sat next to Tsukahara in the backseat.

"This case arises from catastrophic design defects in the Tesla Cybertruck that turned a survivable crash into a fatal fire. Jack survived the crash forces

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