{"id":108012,"date":"2024-11-29T00:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/california-cybertruck-crash-results-in-fatalities-and-an-injury\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T00:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:03:27","slug":"california-cybertruck-crash-results-in-fatalities-and-an-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/california-cybertruck-crash-results-in-fatalities-and-an-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"California Cybertruck crash results in fatalities and an injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-28\/Untitled%20design%20%2889%29.png\" alt><figcaption>KGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(PIEDMONT, CA) &#8212; Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when their Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont, California, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, police received a collision alert from an iPhone, which provided police with the location of the crash, according to Piedmont Police Department Chief Jeremy Bowers. Shortly after, someone called 911 to report a crash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officers arrived on scene to find a single-vehicle collision fully engulfed in flames,&#8221; Bowers said at a press conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Another motorist was able to pull one person from the Cybertruck, Bowers said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers attempted to extinguish the flames, but the fire was too intense for the extinguishers to be effective, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Piedmont Fire Department responded and was ultimately able to extinguish the flames, according to Bowers.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe it is possible the people involved in the crash were at a function together before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that a mechanical issue with the electric truck caused the crash, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they will not be releasing information about the identities of those killed in the Cybertruck at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Speed was a factor in the collision, but there were other factors that likely contributed to the deadly crash, Bowers said.<\/p>\n<p>The Piedmont Police Department is investigating along with the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KGO (PIEDMONT, CA) &#8212; Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when their Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont, California, according to police. Just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, police received a collision alert from an iPhone, which provided police with the location of the crash, according to Piedmont<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/california-cybertruck-crash-results-in-fatalities-and-an-injury\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}