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Elon Musk responds to Tesla Cybertruck crash into Beverly Hills Hotel sign

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Elon Musk responds to Tesla Cybertruck crash into Beverly Hills Hotel sign

Video captured the aftermath of a Tesla Cybertruck driver who crashed into the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel sign Sunday.  

The incident happened just before midnight on Mar. 3. The famous hotel is at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and North Beverly Drive.  

The nearly 7,000-pound stainless steel vehicle hopped the curb and came to a stop with its two front wheels on top of a concrete landscaping wall. The truck sustained significant damage to its front left wheel, as well as damaging the poles that hold the sign.  

On X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk, who owns the social media platform, responded to the crash.  

“Cyberbeast is faster than a Porsche 911, but looks like a truck, so perhaps the valet wasn’t expecting so much acceleration,” he said.  

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A Tesla Cybetruck seen after a crash into the Iconic Beverly Hills Hotel sign on Mar. 3, 2024. (Citizen)

Initial reports about the crash claimed the Tesla was being driven by a hotel valet, but that later turned out to be untrue.  

Just hours before that crash, two men barely escaped with their lives after a Tesla that they were driving went off an overpass on the 134 Freeway in the Griffith Park neighborhood and burst into flames.  

Two men were seriously injured in a fiery crash in the Griffith Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on March 3, 2024.
Two men were seriously injured in a fiery crash in the Griffith Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on March 3, 2024. (KeyNews.TV)

The crash was reported just before 11 p.m. when the car drove through a barrier on the Riverside Drive overpass and landed on the center divider of the freeway below, the Los Angeles Fire Department stated in a news alert. 

Two men, aged 65 and 60 managed to exit the vehicle, which eventually burst into flames. 

The unidentified men were taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, the Fire Department stated. 

It is unclear if anyone in the Cybertruck that struck the Beverly Hills Hotel was injured.  

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California primary election results: governor and L.A. mayor races

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California primary election results: governor and L.A. mayor races

With a little more than half of the vote counted, Republican Steve Hilton opened a one-point lead over Democrat Xavier Becerra in California’s governor’s race Wednesday morning, 27% to 25%, respectively. Democrat Tom Steyer was in third with 20%, raising the strong likelihood that Hilton and Becerra will advance to November’s runoff. Meanwhile, Los Angeles […]

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L.A. police in pursuit of suspected car thief

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L.A. police in pursuit of suspected car thief

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are in pursuit of a person behind the wheel of a vehicle that has been reported stolen. Preliminary, though unconfirmed, details suggest the suspect stole the vehicle, a 2012 Hyundai, in downtown L.A., near the intersection of 7th and Figueroa streets. The suspect is believed to have struck […]

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2 women killed after being struck by BMW in Orange County intersection

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2 women killed after being struck by BMW in Orange County intersection

An investigation is underway after two women were struck and killed by a driver in Orange County on Monday night. Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 9 p.m. reporting that a BMW had hit two pedestrians at the intersection of Magnolia and Cerritos avenues in Stanton, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed. When deputies […]

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