A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded outside President-elect ’s hotel in , Nevada. The £63,000 car - made by Trump ally Elon Musk’s firm - was seen ablaze yards from the building’s revolving doors. The driver was killed and seven people were injured.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill said police are investigating the blast in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials told reporters at a news conference that they were working to get the body of the person who died out of the vehicle. Detectives said the cybertruck pulled up in front of the hotel on Wednesday around 8.
40am near a glass entrance, then smoke started coming from it before the . It comes hours after pick-up truck driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, killed 10 and injured more than . Sheriff McMahill, of the Las Vegas Police Department, said officials were “well aware of what happened in New Orleans”, including that two improvised explosive device was found at the crime scene in Louisiana.
He said during the news conference: “As you can imagine, with an explosion here on an iconic Las Vegas Boulevard, we are taking all of the precautions that we need to take to keep our community safe.” McMahill said there was no longer a threat to the Las Vegas community. Fire department officials said emergency responders quickly worked to extinguish the vehicle fire.
They added that the public should stay away from the area and that the hotel was evacuated, .
