Canada- Four young people dead after Tesla slams into pillar and catches fire in downtown Toronto, October 24, 2024

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‘Horrific’: Four people dead after Tesla slams into pillar and catches fire on Lake Shore Boulevard

Four people are dead and another is in hospital after a Tesla driving through downtown Toronto at a high rate of speed crashed into a guardrail and struck a concrete pillar on Lake Shore Boulevard.

www.cp24.com

Four people are dead and another is in hospital after a Tesla driving through downtown Toronto at a high rate of speed crashed into a guardrail and struck a concrete pillar on Lake Shore Boulevard.

It happened in the eastbound lanes of the busy road, east of Cherry Street, shortly before 12:15 a.m.

“The vehicle lost control, struck a guardrail and then struck a concrete pillar. Upon impact, the vehicle then caught fire,” Duty Inspector Phillip Sinclair told reporters Thursday morning.''

The wreckage of a vehicle is pictured following a collision on Lake Shore Boulevard that left four people dead Thursday October 24,

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fatal-crash-four-dead-lake-shore-cherry-1.7361751

''The deadly collision happened around 12:10 a.m. on Lake Shore Boulevard E. near Cherry Street.
A Tesla with three men and two women inside was speeding eastbound on Lake Shore when the driver lost control and hit a guardrail, said Toronto police Duty Insp. Phillip Sinclair. The car then careened into a concrete pillar.
"Upon impact, the vehicle then caught fire," Sinclair told reporters.
When firefighters arrived on scene, the car was fully engulfed in flames, said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop, who spoke alongside Sinclair.
Once the blaze was extinguished, firefighters found four people inside the vehicle. All four were pronounced dead at the scene, Sinclair said. They were in their 20s and 30s, he said, but could not provide any more specific information about the deceased.''

Oct 24, 2024
Four people are dead, and a woman suffered serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash in downtown Toronto. Shauna Hunt spoke with a man who helped pull a survivor from the burning car.

 

[dotr]

Noting this unrelated, but similar crash in France last week, fwiw..

Tesla crash leaves four dead, vehicle bursts into flames

Four people were killed when the Tesla they were in crashed and caught fire on Saturday near Niort, western France, reports said.

www.newsweek.com

Oct 15, 2024
"A car crash involving a Tesla has left four people dead after the vehicle veered off the road, hit a sign and caught fire, according to police reports.''

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fatal-crash-four-dead-lake-shore-cherry-1.7361751

''The deadly collision happened around 12:10 a.m. on Lake Shore Boulevard E. near Cherry Street.
A Tesla with three men and two women inside was speeding eastbound on Lake Shore when the driver lost control and hit a guardrail, said Toronto police Duty Insp. Phillip Sinclair. The car then careened into a concrete pillar.
"Upon impact, the vehicle then caught fire," Sinclair told reporters.
When firefighters arrived on scene, the car was fully engulfed in flames, said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop, who spoke alongside Sinclair.
Once the blaze was extinguished, firefighters found four people inside the vehicle. All four were pronounced dead at the scene, Sinclair said. They were in their 20s and 30s, he said, but could not provide any more specific information about the deceased.''

Oct 24, 2024
Four people are dead, and a woman suffered serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash in downtown Toronto. Shauna Hunt spoke with a man who helped pull a survivor from the burning car.

The Tesla had “three men and two women inside” yet “once the blaze was extinguished, firefighters found four people inside the vehicle”?

 

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The Tesla had “three men and two women inside” yet “once the blaze was extinguished, firefighters found four people inside the vehicle”?

a witness pulled a woman out of the vehicle/fire
that man's a hero IMO but he humbly said it was a group effort