Five friends were involved in a crash in Toronto, Canada, aboard a Tesla. Four people died from burns, and one survived due to failure of the electronic doors.
Four people died from burns inside a Tesla on October 24 during a crash in Toronto, Canada. One person survived and reported that the electronic doors prevented the others from exiting the vehicle.
Jay Sisodiya, Digvijay Patel, Neelraj Gohil, and his sister Ketaba Gohil did not survive the flames. The victims were aged between 26 and 32.
One of the passengers was saved with the help of Rick Harper, a Canada Post employee. He broke the car windows so she could escape the fire and smoke.
“You couldn’t open the doors. I assume the young woman would have tried to open the door from the inside as she was pretty desperate to get out,” Harper told the Toronto Star.
Harper couldn’t see if there were more people inside the car due to the thick black smoke that covered the vehicle’s interior.
Calgary Fire Department Captain Randy Schmitz stated that electric car doors require power, and without it, they become inoperable. It is believed that the main reason the doors didn’t work was a battery failure due to the crash.
“Certainly, the intensity of the fire is directly linked to the battery cells in the Tesla,” said Jim Jessop, Deputy Fire Chief.
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