The person who died in the exploding Tesla had served in the U.S. Army.

The identity of the person who died in the incident involving a Tesla vehicle that exploded in front of the hotel owned by elected President Donald Trump in Las Vegas, USA, has been identified.

HAS SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY

Officials who provided information to the U.S. media stated that the person in the vehicle was Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a member of the U.S. Army. The 37-year-old Livelsberger, born in Colorado, joined the U.S. Army in January 2006 as a special forces communications specialist and was reported to be a soldier stationed at the U.S. military base in Germany.

It was noted that Livelsberger's duty description in the army from November 2024 was listed as remote and autonomous systems manager, and on the day of the explosion, he was on leave in Colorado. Meanwhile, it was determined that the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas was rented from a company called Turo, which offers vehicle sharing services online from Colorado.

THE EXPLOSION IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL

On the first day of the new year, around 8:15 AM local time, a Tesla vehicle exploded and burned in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas, resulting in the death of the person inside the vehicle and lightly injuring 7 others nearby. Las Vegas police had stated that there were fireworks as well as filled picnic gas canisters in the trunk of the vehicle.

U.S. President Joe Biden also stated in a statement last night that the FBI is investigating whether there is a connection between the vehicle attack in New Orleans that resulted in the deaths of 15 people and the Tesla explosion in Las Vegas, but no conclusive results have been reached yet.