Driver in his 30s Killed In Tesla Electric Vehicle Fire... Presumes 'Failed to Escape'

Provision of Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters

Police analyzed that the reason why a male driver in his 30s who died in a fire in an electric car accident was found in the back seat is presumed to be a "failure to escape."

Anseong Police Station in Gyeonggi-do announced on the 11th that it will close the case without the right to prosecute as Tesla driver A died.

However, the police are still investigating the decisive cause of A's death. Until now, the police have been conscious of A, but they believe he died because he could not evacuate. Accordingly, the police are expected to investigate the cause of the driver's failure to escape, such as the "vehicle lock."

A police official explained, "After the single accident, the lower part of the vehicle caught fire and assumed that A came over to the back to avoid it."

Above all, the police are paying attention to the vehicle lock. It is suspected that A tried repeatedly to open the door after moving to the back seat, but failed.

Meanwhile, at 5:45 p.m. on the 10th, Tesla, which was driving on the road in Daedeok-myeon, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, hit the boundary wall, causing the vehicle to catch fire.

The fire authorities, who were dispatched after receiving a witness report, deployed 20 equipment and 60 personnel to the scene to extinguish the fire in about 10 minutes, but A died.

It was found that A was not unlicensed or drunk at the time.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team