Elon Musk questioned over his ‘help’ with Cybertruck explosion case
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Tesla boss thanked by Las Vegas police for his support in investigating New Year’s Day blast but intervention provokes questions about his high-tech vehicles’ capacity for data collection. Elon Musk was personally praised by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill on Thursday for his help in the aftermath of the deadly explosion outside of a Nevada luxury hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump on New Year’s Day.
![[Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill at Thursday’s press conference on the explosion]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/03/08/2192181381.jpg)
A rented Cybertruck, manufactured by the tech billionaire’s company Tesla, pulled up outside the Trump International Hotel at approximately 8.40am on Wednesday morning, began to smoke and then blew up in a hail of fireworks, with the driver – US Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger – ultimately found dead inside.
![[The flaming Cybertuck outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday January 1 2025]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/02/10/SEI234742292.jpg)
Seven more people were injured in the incident and the hotel had to be evacuated, with the drama unfolding just hours after another vehicle ploughed into a crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana, killing 15 people and wounding many more, leading to initial speculation that the two events might be linked.
“I have to thank Elon Musk specifically,” Sheriff McMahill said during his press conference on Thursday. “He gave us quite a bit of additional information in regards to how the vehicle was locked after it exploded. He sent that directly to us, so I appreciate his help.”.
Musk posted frequently on his social media platform X in the immediate hours after the blast, announcing that his Tesla team were investigating, moving quickly to deny that a technical fault had played a part, threatening lawsuits against media outlets over their reporting, suggesting terrorism had been the driver’s motive and claiming that the robustness of the truck’s design had greatly reduced the extent of the damage and devastation.
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