Cybertruck explosion happens outside Donald Trump's hotel

A Cybertruck, a car manufactured by the company Tesla, exploded outside the Trump International Hotel this Wednesday (1). It was reported by the police that one person, the driver of the car, died and seven other pedestrians present at the time were slightly injured.

Car explosion and Elon Musk speaks out

With the speed of the internet, it didn't take long for the Cybertruck visionary and founder of Tesla Motors to learn about the fact and speak out on social media. Elon Musk published on X that he already had a group of experts analyzing what happened in the situation.

The consensus reached by the investigation would be that a bomb or high-powered fireworks were in the container and this resulted in the detonation, the car would not be the main reason for the explosion.

The range of fire from the explosion was limited to the car, but automotive experts say that fires in electric cars have fires that burn longer and are more difficult to put out than cars.”traditional”, something caused by the batteries that this type of car uses.

_{Video recorded by a camera at the Trump International Hotel shows how the explosion occurred (Video: reproduction/Instagram/@lasvegaslocally)}

Suspected links to recent case

Around 8:40 a.m. local time, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill arrived to investigate the situation at the hotel. In an interview, McMahill comments that his police force was investigating the location to find out if there were any “secondary devices” to the car explosion, he also stated that they learned about the attack in New Orleans early in the day, without mentioning any connection between the two events.

According to the White House, current US President Joe Biden said that “any federal assistance needed” was ready to help with the situation. On Wednesday night, Biden also announced that investigations were being carried out to find out whether there was a link between the attack and the explosion outside Donald Trump's hotel.

It is noted that both cars involved in the cases were rented on the application called Turo, which serves to share vehicles between users. An official spokesperson for the app stated that the company is helping with the police investigation.

Conclusions about this link vary between a coincidence that should still be investigated or that the attack would be an isolated event, with no connection to the explosion. These deductions were said by Sheriff McMahill and FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz, respectively.

Featured photo: Recorded by a hiker near the scene in a Tesla car (Reproduction/Instagram/@lasvegaslocally and @itskide)