The explosion killed the driver of the Cybertruck and injured seven observers.
The hotel was unscathed.
Footage from security cameras and bystanders showed the explosion.
A Tesla Cybertruck is shown after it caught fire and exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel, on January 1, 2025, in Las Vegas.© Photo by WADE VANDERVORT / AFP) (Photo by WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images
Photos of the truck shown in the aftermath reveal the accelerants and explosive material in the bed.
It was a tumbledown mix of mortar-style fireworks and fuel canisters.
In a press conference, Las Vegas PD Sheriff Kevin McMahill praised the build of the truck.
Up through the truck and out.
NEWS: Law enforcement officials said the Cybertruck actually helped contain the explosion.
The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage that occurred.
It had most of the blast go up through the truck and out.
They alsochided media outletsfor putting Cybertruck in the headline of a story about a cybertruckexploding.
The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack.
Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards, Musksaid in a post on X.
Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken.
The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack.
Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards.
We dont yet know the motivation for the explosion or much about who is behind it.
If what happened outside of the Trump hotel was, in fact, a car bomb its sub-amateur level.
In 2010, a car bomb ignited in Times Square but failed to explode.
The cops called thisfailed car bombamateurish.
Whatever had been prepared in the bed of the Cybertruck didnt even meet these amateurish standards.
The investigation into the event is ongoing.
Livelsberger, a Colorado Springs native, rented the truck in Colorado on Wednesday morning.
Surveillance from Tesla charging stations showed the trucks journey from Colorado to Las Vegas.
seems like Livelsberger died in the Cybertruck during the fire.
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