One person is dead and several others injured after a cybertruck exploded outside of President-elect Donald Trump ’s hotel in Las Vegas . The explosion happened around 8:40 a.m.
Wednesday in the valet area outside of the lobby of Trump International Hotel at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sammy Davis Jr. Drive. Las Vegas County Sheriff Kevin McMahill shared during a press conference that the sole victim was inside the vehicle during the explosion.
"There is one deceased individual in the Cybertruck, and I don’t know whether it’s a male or female,” McMahill said. ”At this time, we are investigating a number of leads, and I’m not prepared to release any of that information to you just yet. We can.
I can tell you that there are seven victims right now that sustained injuries from the explosion." He added that those injuries are reportedly minor. The fire has since been put out by the Clark County fire department.
The cause wasn’t immediately known, but McMahill noted during the presser that officials are “very well aware” of the New Orleans attack in which a man intentionally drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating New Year’s Eve just hours earlier, killing 10 people. He said that officials are “taking all of the precautions that we need to take to keep our community safe” and that they are “looking for secondary devices.” Video posted on social media showed different angles of the massive explosion.
Guests staying at the hotel and on surrounding pr.