A 19 -year -old student lost her life in a horrifying way when she was trapped in a Tesla cybertruck Wrapped in flames, because, as the lawsuit of her family argues, a design defect in the vehicle’s doors.

OR Krisca Michel Tsoukacharawas one of the three young men who lost their lives when the electric vehicle crashed at high speed on a tree, in the California’s Piedmond in November 2024.

Her parents, Carl and Noel Tsoukachara, filed a lawsuit against her Tesla and the iva Mask, claiming that the company had been aware of the problem for years, but did not corrected it. According to the lawsuit, Krishta initially suffered slight injuries, but when the battery of the vehicle was on fire, it was unable to get out and died of burns and suffocation.

The application states that his electrical doors Cybertruck They are inactivated when the current is interrupted, and that the manual release mechanism is indistinct and difficult to use. The young woman, according to the lawsuit, “suffered untouched pain and terror” while trapped at the back of the burning vehicle.

Her father told her New York Times That his daughter could have been saved if there was a simple way of escaping: “Krista was a brilliant and kind child, with all her life in front of her. We cannot understand how a trillion -worth value company can have a vehicle so dangerous. “

The family’s lawyer, Roger Drueer, stressed: “This case is about truth and responsibility. The design of the car failed. There was no functional and accessible manual exit, her death could have been avoided. “

The accident occurred while the three friends, all graduates of the same high school, had returned home for Thanksgiving. The fourth passenger, Jordan Miller, survived because an eyewitness broke the window with a branch and pulled it out.

Police concluded that the driver, Soren Dixon, had consumed alcohol and drugs, driving at an excessive speed. The incident comes after similar tragic accidents with Tesla vehicles, where folding door handles did not open on fire, resulting in passengers burning alive.