Video: Tesla Cybertruck Explodes Outside Trump Hotel Killing 1, Musk Suggests Link To New Orleans Attack

One person died and seven were injured in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas killing 1 and injuring seven people.

Source : X

At least one person was killed and seven wounded as a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, said the police on Wednesday. 

The electric vehicle pulled up to the glass entrance of Trump International Hotel, owned by US President-elect Donal Trump, before a "large explosion", said Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill, reported AFP. 

The video footage of the incident, viral on social media, shows the stainless steel truck parked at the entrance of the hotel before bursting into flames, followed by smaller explosions that appeared similar to fireworks. 

The Sheriff said there was "one deceased individual inside the Cybertruck" while seven people received "minor" injuries. The hotel was evacuated following the explosion, he added. 

🚨 #BREAKING: Driver kiIIed, 7 others injured after Cybertruck EXPLODES outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas

The driver pulled up, stopped right outside the front doors, and remained in the vehicle with their foot on the brake, and detonated explosives.

THIS WAS AN ATTACK.

Why… pic.twitter.com/UuJ05f0qmz

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 1, 2025

Tesla chief Elon Musk claimed the explosion was linked to the attack in New Orleans that killed 15 people. 

"Appears likely to be an act of terrorism. Both this Cybertruck and the F-150 suicide bomb in New Orleans were rented from Turo. Perhaps they are linked in some way," Musk said on X. 

However, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Jeremy Schwartz described the Las Vegas blast as "an isolated incident," adding: "We do not believe that there's a bunch of folks out there supporting this or helping this."

Musk later said the explosion was "caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck," adding in a post on X that it was "unrelated to the vehicle itself."

US President Joe Biden also reacted to the incident saying authorities were investigating any possible link between the blast and attack earlier Wednesday in New Orleans where a truck rammed a crowd killing 15.