A Cybertruck owner in Texas was burned to death after crashing his vehicle in a ditch and becoming trapped inside.
According to a lawsuit filed by his widow and parents against the Elon Musk-led EV maker, the fire burned so hot that his bones literally disintegrated.
The 47-year-old, named Michael Sheehan, "burned to death at 5,000°F — a fire so hot his bones experienced thermal fracture," the lawsuit reads, as quoted by The Independent.
"He was eight inches shorter in length than he was before he burned," their attorney, Scott West, told the newspaper. "That's thermal fracture."
The incident is only the latest in a string of incidents in which drivers become trapped inside their Tesla after a crash. Experts have warned that in many models, the manual door unlock can be difficult to find. There have also been plenty of incidents of the electronic doors not opening.
And in case the vehicle does go up in a blaze, the lithium-ion batteries will fuel a fierce fire for a very long time, making it extremely difficult to put out for the fire department.
That's especially alarming for the Cybertruck, which has been recalled a whopping eight times for major design flaws, from accelerators that can get stuck to giant body panels that can become unglued.
A different crash in November involved a young man who desperately tried but failed to save his three friends trapped inside a raging Cybertruck fire in Piedmont, California.
According to the latest lawsuit, Sheehan would've survived if it had been virtually any other vehicle. However, the Cybertruck was "effectively designed," trapping him inside and incinerating him.
It must've been an absolutely brutal way to go.
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