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Tesla Model S Crash: Destroyed Unit Shows Up

The adjacent images reveal a destroyed example of the Tesla Model S, with the vehicle having been spotted back in August in the Fremont service center.
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There are no details available for the crash, but, as you can see in the images, the vehicle shows signs of damage all-round. The Model S appears to have crashed through something, as its body panels are torn apart.

What’s more, the front suspension has taken serious damage, while the rear one could also be affected. The airbags are deployed, which takes us to the part of the story where we have to talk about the occupants.

The first clue that these weren’t severely injured or worse, is a statement made by Elon Musk at a date that succedes the one of the crash. Telsa’s CEO explained that, to his knowledge, there were no deaths or permanent injuries related to the Model S up to that point in time.

However, there’s one Tesla Forums user who intends to buy the crashed Model S, with the man explaining that the passenger was probably injured in the accident.

“I think the passenger had some injury as evidenced by secondary damage being listed as "biohazard" and it has what looks like a blood stain on the passenger seat. There appears to be an EMT ice pack on that stain as well. It looks like someone was wounded, but it may not have been serious since there was little in the way of EMT waste packaging materials and we know how they usually leave plenty of that,” the Tesla Forum user wrote.

By the way, the man wants to salvage all the possible tech goodies by installing them into a custom VW Westfalia camper van. It seems that the crashed Model S will be auctioned and he’s obviously keeping his eyes on the prize.
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