Three teens were killed and a fourth critically burned in a Cybertruck crash because the driver was drunk, high, and speeding, police have determined.
Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson, and Krysta Tsukahara, all 19, died in the fiery crash in Piedmont, California, at 3.08am local time on November 27.
Jordan Miller, 20, was pulled alive from the SUV and seriously burned, but survived after several surgeries and a long hospital stay.
The college sophomores were old friends who graduated Piedmont High School in 2023 and were home for Thanksgiving from universities around the country.
California Highway Patrol, which led the crash investigation, ruled in its report that Dixon, who was driving, caused the crash.
‘Officers determined that a combination of driving under the influence of drugs and unsafe speed were the causes of this crash,’ the report determined.
Dixon had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.195 and his blood samples tested positive for cocaine and meth, according to toxicology results.
The report found Dixon’s impairment, combined with him driving at an unsafe speed, led to him being unable to negotiate a bend in the road.
Soren Dixon, 19, was drunk and high on cocaine and meth when he drove too fast around a bend and crashed into a tree, killing himself and two friends in the passenger seats
Krysta Tsukahara, 19, was killed along with two friends in a Tesla Cybertruck crash in Piedmont, east of Oakland
Jack Nelson (pictured) and Dixon were stars on the Piedmont HS lacrosse team and Nelson also played junior varsity football and varsity soccer
The Tesla EV jumped a curb and crashed into a tree, then burst into flames. Police said the blaze was a normal car fire and not related to the electric battery.
Their deaths, ruled accidenal by the Alameda County Coroner’s Office, were primarily caused by asphyxia due to smoke inhalation, but burns were a ‘significant’ contributing factor.
Autopsies on the other victims found they were also high on cocaine, and Tsukahara had a blood alcohol content of at 0.028 and Nelson of 0.168.
Miller was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in a medically induced coma.
His mother, Samantha Miller, told DailyMail.com in December that he had been in ‘critical’ condition following several surgeries.
Police chief Jeremy Bowers said another car driving behind the Tesla pulled Miller out of the wreckage.
‘The solo vehicle that was involved in the crash, there was another vehicle that came after it, that was following behind and came upon the vehicle as it was fully engulfed,’ he said.
‘The individual exited the car and was able to pull the person out, but the nature of the vehicle was a Cybertruck and the heat was just too intense.’
The vehicle crashed around 3.08 am on November 27, 2024, in Piedmont in Alameda County
The sole survivor of a fatal crash surrounding a Tesla Cybertruck in the Bay Area was admitted to the ICU in a medically induced coma
AJ Harris, a Piedmont HS basketball player and friend of both Dixon (second from left) and Nelson (right), mourned both of them with photos of the trio together since they were young kids
Bowers said it is possible the victims and the man who tried to rescue them all knew each other and had been together before the crash.
The front of the Cybertruck was destroyed. The electric vehicle’s battery is not believed to have caught fired after the collision.
Authorities said that fire crews tried to douse the fireball with extinguishers, but the intensity of the flames was too hot.
All four of those involved in the crash were sophomore students at universities across the country and had been friends since high school.
Nelson and Dixon were stars on the Piedmont HS lacrosse team and Nelson also played junior varsity football and varsity soccer with Miller.
Dixon continued playing lacrosse at the University of Southern California and Nelson studied at the University of Colorado Boulder and joined the Sigma Nu fraternity.
Tsukahara was on the school’s golf team and competed around the state, and was studying at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.
Miller was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, where his older sister also studied.
All four of the teens came from wealthy families whose homes were worth several million dollars each.
Photos of Tsukahara and her friends are pinned to a tree near the crash site
Dixon (second from left) and Nelson (far right) in a photo from high school
Bronson Boyle (left), who shared a room with Dixon at USC, shared a photo of them standing in their dorm room calling him ‘the best roommate and friend I ever could’ve asked for’
Bronson Boyle, who was Dixon’s roommate at USC, shared a photo of them standing in their dorm room calling him ‘the best roommate and friend I ever could’ve asked for’.
‘Our first night as roommates we snuck onto the new north roof, and just talked for hours, getting to know one another,’ he wrote.
‘That first day encounter, and every day of the 8 months that followed as roommates, were filled with unpredictable fun. Always upbeat, ever inviting, and ferociously fun – that’s who you were. I’m so glad to have known you.
‘I’ll always remember you as brother-one who was righteous beyond belief. Rest in peace man. I’ll miss ya every day. I’ll raise a glass to you every day forever.’
