LAS VEGAS — One person was killed and seven suffered minor injuries when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of the entrance to Trump International Hotel early Wednesday morning, Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference. The person who died was in the Cybertruck, and McMahill said it was unclear if it was a man or a woman. The fire was reported just after 8:40 a.
m. at 2000 Fashion Show Drive, according to the Clark County Fire Department’s PulsePoint app. The fire is out, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s X social media account.
Video posted to social media appeared to show a dramatic explosion as the Cybertruck sat just outside the entrance to the hotel. Fashion Show Drive is closed in both directions from Sammy Davis Jr. Drive to Las Vegas Boulevard.
South, according to the RTC X account. Investigators are asking the public to avoid the area..
