Matthew Livelsberger of Colorado Springs has been named as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel, sources say

Summary

Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, has been identified as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

Livelsberger died in the blast, which injured seven people with minor injuries.

Authorities are investigating the explosion as a potential act of terror, noting Livelsberger’s military connection to Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect in the deadly New Orleans attack hours earlier.

Firework mortars and fuel canisters were found in the truck, with no confirmed motive yet.

  • psud
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    4 days ago

    The parts that failed were:

    1. The “armoured glass” (remember the steel ball demo?) between the cargo area and the cabin
    2. The other windows, so everything vented though the cabin
    3. The tonneau cover over the cargo area

    So don’t carry armed explosives and pyrotechnics in a closed cybertruck

    I wonder if both soldiers expected their hired electric trucks to suffer battery fires with the way they treated them. If they did they were disappointed