One killed as Tesla cybertruck explodes outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
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A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The £63,000 car - made by Trump ally Elon Musk’s firm - was seen ablaze yards from the building’s revolving doors. The driver was killed and seven people were injured.
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Sheriff Kevin McMahill said police are investigating the blast in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials told reporters at a news conference that they were working to get the body of the person who died out of the vehicle.
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Detectives said the cybertruck pulled up in front of the hotel on Wednesday around 8.40am near a glass entrance, then smoke started coming from it before the explosion. It comes hours after pick-up truck driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, killed 10 and injured more than 30 others after ramming into a crowd of revellers in New Orleans, Louisiana on New Year's Day.
Sheriff McMahill, of the Las Vegas Police Department, said officials were “well aware of what happened in New Orleans”, including that two improvised explosive device was found at the crime scene in Louisiana. He said during the news conference: “As you can imagine, with an explosion here on an iconic Las Vegas Boulevard, we are taking all of the precautions that we need to take to keep our community safe.”.
