Elon Musk immediately comes to the rescue after Cybertruck explosion, says suspect ‘picked the wrong vehicle’
Fox News correspondent Marianne Rafferty has the latest on the explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas in a ‘Special Report’.
After a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the electric vehicle maker’s co-founder and CEO Elon Musk immediately stepped in and offered to help authorities investigating the incident.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill thanked Musk after the explosion, saying Musk had provided invaluable “additional information” and indicated that Musk had provided video from Tesla’s charging stations.
The blast was caught on camera, and the sheriff noted that the vehicle had “limited” damage from the blast as most of the blast went “up through the truck and out.”
The sheriff also noted that the hotel’s glass doors did not break as a result of the explosion in the truck.
Consequences of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. (Allison Robbert/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images; EyePress News/Shutterstock)
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released a video showing the moment of the explosion with charred gasoline canisters and fireworks in the bed of the badly burned truck. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
At X, the business tycoon highlighted McMahill’s remarks, noting that the vehicle had limited the damage from the blast.
As for the evidence in the back of the truck, the sheriff spoke of “gasoline canisters, they’re, um, camping fuel canisters and large firework mortars.”
Musk shared a clip of the sheriff’s comments, noting in a post on X: “The evil rascals chose the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. The Cybertruck actually contained the blast and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors to the lobby were broken.”
Musk said in another post that the explosion “was not related to the vehicle itself,” noting, “All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion.”
“The Cybertruck is the worst possible choice for a car bomb, as its stainless steel armor will contain the blast better than any other commercial vehicle,” Musk said in another post.
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A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
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Turo said in a statement that both the Cybertruck and the vehicle were involved in the accident Attack of New Orleans on Wednesday it was rented on Turo.
“It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that this morning’s horrific attack in New Orleans and this afternoon’s Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas involved Turo rental vehicles,” the statement said.
