4 Killed After a Tesla Crash Sparks Fire in Toronto: 'A Very Horrific Scene'
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Source: People.com
Four people were killed and one person was saved by a bystander after their Tesla erupted in flames after crashing into a pillar on a roadway.
The incident occurred at around 12:10 a.m. local time when an electric vehicle carrying five occupants was going at a high rate of speed," Toronto Police Duty Insp. Phillip Sinclair said in a news conference, according to CBC News.
The 2024 Tesla lost control and struck a guardrail and a concrete pillar, police said in a news release. Upon impact, the vehicle caught fire. Three men aged 26, 29 and 32, as well as one 30-year-old woman, were pronounced dead on the scene, while a 25-year-old woman was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Sinclair noted in his press conference that no other vehicles were involved in the crash and that an investigation into what happened is ongoing. Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop added that they are looking into the possibility of the intensity of the fire being linked to the battery cells in the car, according to CBC News.
Read more: https://people.com/4-killed-after-tesla-crash-sparks-fire-in-toronto-8743464
applegrove
(123,401 posts)got one person out. What a nightmare.
GreenWave
(9,301 posts)markie
(22,934 posts)EV (not Tesla) into garage to be inspected today... my previous EV was totaled in accident (kid pulled out in front of me on Route 13 in Delaware)
counter person asked about possible fire... now I know why
**my airbags deployed and we smelled smoke but fire dept on scene immediately assured me it was just the smell of the airbags
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,753 posts)the driver drove the vehicle into a pillar. How could the car "lose control" all by itself?
Omaha Steve
(103,637 posts)Way over 12 hours old: Published on November 12, 2024 11:53AM EST
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