Two separate families sued Tesla on Thursday over its door design, alleging it prevented their college-aged children from escaping a burning Cybertruck after a crash last November.

The parents of 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara and 20-year-old Jack Nelson each filed suit against the electric vehicle maker in a California court, arguing that Tesla’s electric door handles became nonfunctional in the crash.

“This case arises from catastrophic design defects in the Tesla Cybertruck that turned a survivable crash into a fatal fire,” the Nelson family lawsuit reads.

Tsukahara and Nelson were riding in a Cybertruck with 19-year-old Soren Dixon and another passenger in November 2024 when they crashed. Both Tsukahara and Nelson survived the initial crash but died in the fire that erupted afterwards

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