A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in a valet area in Las Vegas on New Year's Day, killing the driver. Federal authorities have identified the driver as Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty Army member with ties to Fort Bragg.
Clark County Fire Department crews work outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas after the fire and explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in the valet area, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Sam Morris/ Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)Federal agents and local police were investigating a Colorado Springs residence Thursday morning connected to the explosion of a Cybertruck in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, authorities said.
Federal officials identified the driver Thursday as 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger. The officials spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of his service. Livelsberger was an active-duty Army member who spent time at a North Carolina base formerly known as Fort Bragg, home to Army special forces command.Denver FBI agents, the Colorado Springs Police Department and Denver field agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were investigating a Colorado Springs residence Thursday connected to the Cybertruck explosion, Colorado Springs police and FBI officials did not confirm whether Livelsberger lived in the home under investigation. Las Vegas police officials on Wednesday said authorities know who rented the truck with the Turo app in Colorado, but are not releasing the name until investigators determine if it is the same person who died.Crime and Public Safety |The explosion in Las Vegas came hours after 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar rammed a truck into a crowd in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 15 people before being shot to death by police. That crash was being investigated as a terrorist attack and police believe the driver was not acting alone. Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran, also spent time at Fort Bragg but one official said so far there is no overlap in their assignments ther
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