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Fiery Tesla Crash Traps and Kills Four After Electric Doors Couldn't Open

Five people were trapped inside a Tesla Model Y after it crashed and burst into flames, just one person escaped after onlookers smashed a window

When firefighters arrived on the scene, the car was fully engulfed in flames, said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop, who spoke alongside Sinclair. A fifth passenger was able to exit the vehicle after a postal worker driving past the scene smashed one of the car’s windows with a bar they had in their truck. However, these emergency measures have been criticized for being poorly designed and unintuitively placed for certain models, often requiring intimate knowledge of the car — something that most owners, let alone a passenger in a panic, aren’t likely to have.

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