A Tesla Cybertruck explosion near Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel left one dead and seven injured as authorities investigate terrorism links and the identity of the truck's renter.
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00:00An explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck killed one person in the vehicle and injured seven
00:04people nearby, outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel late Wednesday.
00:09Forensic investigators say the futuristic-looking pickup truck's back was stuffed with firework
00:13mortars and camfuel canisters.
00:16Authorities are thoroughly investigating the possibility that the incident may have been
00:20an act of terrorism.
00:21The police now knows who rented the truck but are not releasing the name until investigators
00:26determine if it's the same person who died.
00:29Tesla CEO and Trump's inner circle Elon Musk posted on X that the explosion had nothing
00:33to do with the vehicle.