Tesla Cybertruck Explosion: Driver committed suicide; Identified as US special forces soldier

Kathmandu: The man, who drove a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, has been identified as an active-duty US special forces soldier.

The BBC cited an official as saying the driver shot himself dead before the blast. Las Vegas police identified the driver as 37-year-old Matthew Alan Livelsberger of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The driver rented more than 800 miles away and drove to the Nevada hotel on the morning of the blast.

According to the Clark County Coroner’s office, the driver committed suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Seven people were injured when the vehicle – filled with fuel canisters and firework mortars – exploded on New Year’s Day. Officials said all injuries were minor.

Mr Livelsberger drove the Cybertruck to the city on Wednesday morning, less than two hours before the detonation, police have said. Parked in front of the hotel near a glass entrance, the vehicle started to smoke and then exploded.

Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel