
26/09/2025
A tragic crash in Germany on September 7, 2025, left a 43-year-old man and two nine-year-old children dead after their Tesla veered off the road in the village of Villigst, hit a tree, and burst into flames. A third child, also nine, survived with injuries and was airlifted to a hospital.
A local shop owner rushed over with a fire extinguisher but was unable to open the car’s electronic doors, which reportedly failed to deploy after the crash cut power.
Firefighters had to put out the fire multiple times before finding the victims burned inside.
Police are investigating both the cause of the crash and whether the vehicle’s systems, including its electronic doors, played a role.
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