Elon Musk was personally praised by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill on Thursday for his help in the aftermath of the deadly explosion outside of a Nevada luxury hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump on New Year’s Day.
A rented Cybertruck , manufactured by the tech billionaire’s company Tesla , pulled up outside the Trump International Hotel at approximately 8.40am on Wednesday morning, began to smoke and then blew up in a hail of fireworks , with the driver – US Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger – ultimately found dead inside.
Seven more people were injured in the incident and the hotel had to be evacuated, with the drama unfolding just hours after another vehicle ploughed into a crowd in New Orleans , Louisiana, killing 15 people and wounding many more, leading to initial speculation that the two events might be linked…