(KRON) — The California Freeway Patrol (CHP) launched its investigation report on Friday detailing the Thanksgiving eve Tesla Cybertruck crash that killed three school college students in Piedmont. CHP stated the teenage driver was touring at a “high rate of speed” in addition to being inebriated and medicines on the time of the collision.
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The crash occurred round 3 a.m. on Nov. 27 on Hampton Street. When Piedmont police arrived, they discovered the automobile had crashed right into a tree and was engulfed in flames. The Piedmont Fireplace Division responded and extinguished the hearth.
The victims have been recognized as 19-year-old Soren Dixon, the motive force of the automobile, 20-year-old Jack Nelson, and 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara.
Soren Dixon, left, Krysta Tsukahara, heart, and Jack Nelson. (Photos offered by the Metropolis of Piedmont
The fourth sufferer — the one survivor from the crash — suffered main burns, main inner accidents and a fractured vertebra. Police final offered an replace in early December that he was hospitalized in steady situation.
On Feb. 13, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Workplace Coroner’s Bureau launched toxicology studies that confirmed all three victims had a number of substances of their system on the time of the collision. The Coroner’s Bureau stated Dixon, who was driving, had a blood alcohol focus of 0.195%. Regular blood alcohol ranges vary from 0% to 0.05%.
The Coroner’s Bureau decided that every one three people examined optimistic for ethanol, amphetamines, benzoylecgonine (a cocaine metabolite), cocaine, cocaethylene (a compound fashioned when alcohol and cocaine are used collectively), ecgonine methyl ester (one other cocaine metabolite), and carboxyhemoglobin. Dixon was the one sufferer who additionally examined optimistic for methamphetamine.
In keeping with the CHP report, a witness who knew the victims had attended a get-together with them and later arrived on the crash scene. The witness stated that Dixon “consumed approximately eight alcoholic beverages ranging from beer and Vodka.” The witness, who had been following behind Dixon’s automobile to a different pal’s dwelling, recounted that he “turned the corner, observed a vehicle on fire and knew it was [Dixon’s car] based on the taillights.”
The CHP report stated attributable to Dixon’s alcohol intoxication, drug impairment and unsafe pace, he “was unable to negotiate the curve in the roadway,” resulting in the crash.
The households of the victims shared a collection of public statements after the incident. Dixon’s household stated he “had a boundless enthusiasm for life and was known for his infectious smile, his love of family and friends, his passion for sports, and his deep affection for all animals.” Nelson’s household described him as an athlete who cherished the outside, usually spending his free time on adventures from the ocean to the mountains. Tsukahara was a 2023 graduate of Piedmont Excessive Faculty and a sophomore at Savannah School of Artwork and Design.
