comments The sole survivor of a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash that killed three wealthy college students has sued the carmaker, claiming a design flaw trapped him inside the burning vehicle. Jordan Miller, 21, was sitting in the passenger seat of the electric truck with three of his friends during Thanksgiving 2024 when the vehicle hit a tree at high speed and burst into flames in Piedmont, California. The driver, Soren Dixon, 19, and two other passengers, Krysta Tsukahara, 19, and Jack Nelson, 20, died in the crash. Miller was rescued from the burning wreck after a friend who was driving behind the group saw the crash and jumped into action, breaking the window and pulling the college student out. He suffered catastrophic injuries, including a five-day induced coma, burns to his airways and lungs, major abdominal surgery, four fractured vertebrae requiring spinal fusion, third-degree burns to his left leg and left hand, extensive skin grafts and significant burn debridement surgery. Miller has filed a lawsuit against Tesla claiming the Cybertruck's design trapped its occupants inside the burning vehicle and blocked their rescue, his lawyers from The Veen Firm announced on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleged that the truck's door handles, which rely on electronic buttons powered by the vehicle's low-voltage electrical system, failed to open after the collision. 'A friend was right there within seconds. He couldn't open the doors,' said attorney Annie Wu. Jordan Miller, 21, is the sole survivor of a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash that killed three wealthy college students Miller was sitting in the passenger seat of the electric truck with three of his friends during Thanksgiving 2024 when the vehicle hit a tree at high speed and burst into flames in Piedmont, California 'No handles. The buttons weren't working. Jordan was trapped in a burning vehicle when he didn't have to be. That is a design problem.' The lawsuit, which brings claims for negligence, design defect, failure to warn and failure to recall, alleges that Tesla has known about the risk of trapping occupants for over a decade. 'When you design a vehicle with no mechanical way to open the doors from the outside, you are betting the electronics will work in every scenario, including a high-speed crash followed by a fire,' attorney Anthony Label said. 'Someone was there to help immediately. He couldn't get in. This lawsuit is about what Tesla knew and what Tesla designed.' The Daily Mail contacted Tesla for comment on the lawsuit. Tesla did not respond to KRON4 and other local media outlets' requests for comment. All four students were Piedmont High School graduates, back home from college for the Thanksgiving holiday, and allegedly partying before getting into the vehicle. Dixon, who was behind the wheel when the crash occurred at approximately 3am, had cocaine in his system and a blood alcohol concentration of 0.195 - more than twice the legal limit - according to a coroner's autopsy report. The autopsy also revealed Tsukahara's blood alcohol content was at 0.028 percent and Nelson's at 0.168 percent. All three victims were also revealed to have had cocaine in their systems. The driver, Soren Dixon, 19, and two other passengers, Krysta Tsukahara, 19, and Jack Nelson, 20, died in the crash All four were Piedmont High School graduates back home from college for the Thanksgiving holiday. Miller with some of the victims in this undated photo from their days in high school The California Highway Patrol's preliminary investigation concluded that a deadly combination of alcohol intoxication, drug impairment and unsafe speeds caused Dixon to lose control of the vehicle. California Highway Patrol, which led the crash investigation, detailed the desperate efforts of a witness to save the teens moments after impact. The witness said he was at the same small party the four students were drinking at, and was following them as Dixon drove them to Miller's house. He briefly lost sight of the truck as it went around a bend, which a drunk and high-on-cocaine Dixon failed to handle, jumped the curb and crashed into a tree. Confronted with the wrecked truck, the witness ran to help and smashed the front passenger window by hitting it with a tree branch ten to 15 times. 'I saw a car on fire wedged between a wall and a tree. I instantly knew by the tail it was the Cybertruck. [Miller] was barely conscious,' he told police. 'He had his seatbelt on and I couldn't reach it, so I scream at him to undo it. Eventually, he was able to unbuckle. I was able to pull him up and out of the window.' Having rescued Miller, he went back to the car to try to save the others. 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