Tesla Doors Are Faulted in Suits Over Fatal Cybertruck Crash

Tesla Inc. was sued over claims that defects in the doors of a crashed Cybertruck made it a “death trap” by preventing three college students from escaping the fiery wreck before they died of smoke inhalation.

The allegations against the world’s most valuable automaker stem from a middle-of-the-night crash in November 2024 on a residential street in the San Francisco suburb of Piedmont. A friend of the Cybertruck’s occupants was able to pull one passenger to safety while three others remained trapped inside.

Tesla’s door handles have drawn attention after a Bloomberg News investigation uncovered a series of incidents in ...