The Piedmont High School graduates were killed when the truck they were driving crashed at Hampton Road between Sea View and King avenues about 3 a.m. Wednesday. The truck caught fire after the crash and one person, who has not been identified, was pulled by a passerby and taken to a hospital.

The NHTSA often investigates crashes involving electric vehicles with self-driving features. Piedmont officials said last week that speeding is possibly a contributing factor, but they did not say whether the driver assistance features on the Cybertruck were engaged at the time of the crash.

PIEDMONT, Calif. (WKRC) - Three recent high school graduates lost their lives in a tragic Tesla Cybertruck crash. The incident occurred just outside Oakland, California early Wednesday morning when the Cybertruck reportedly jumped a curb, collided with a tree and burst into flames, according to KRON.

Hundreds in Piedmont attended a vigil for three recent high school graduates who died after the Tesla Cybertruck they were in crashed into a tree.

A single-vehicle crash involving a Tesla Cybertruck left three former Piedmont High School students dead and one injured early Wednesday morning on November 27, 2024.

The three young individuals who were killed in a Tesla Cybertruck crash in Piedmont on Wednesday have been identified by the City of Piedmont. The descendants were identified as Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson and Krysta Tsukahara.

A solo vehicle crash involving a Tesla Cybertruck left three young people dead early Wednesday morning in the Northern California city of Piedmont, authorities said.

Three young individuals – since identified as Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson, and Krysta Tsukahara by the City of Piedmont – were pronounced dead at the scene. The person pulled from the Cybertruck suffered burns and was taken to an area hospital in critical condition but has not been identified. Their current condition is unknown.

Family and friends are mourning Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson and Krysta Tsukahara, all college students who graduated from Piedmont High School in 2023.

Over the weekend, the city of Piedmont released the names and brief statements from the families of three 2023 Piedmont High School graduates who died in a fiery Cybertruck crash on the day before Thanksgiving.