ELON Musk’s company Tesla has been slammed with a lawsuit by a heartbroken widow who claims the electric vehicle is to blame for her husband’s death.
Jiyoung Yoon’s partner Jyung Woo Hahn, 46, allegedly died when his “defective” Tesla smashed into a tree and trapped him inside an inferno caused by the lithium battery.
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On March 12, 2022, Hahn’s 2020 white Model-S skidded off the snow-covered highway in Bergan County, New Jersey, and burst into flames.
Fire officials said the battery ruptured and made the blaze extremely difficult to extinguish.
The dad-of-two was declared dead at the scene.
In a lawsuit filed on Friday, his grieving widow claims that Hahn survived the crash, but burned to death after he was trapped in the faulty vehicle.
Tesla is being accused of designing, manufacturing, and selling an “unreasonably dangerous” car that caused Hahn’s suffering and death.
Horrifying photos revealed by the plaintiff show the charred remains of what was once a luxury car.
The interior was completely disintegrated by the blaze which burned at temperatures of over 700 degrees Fahrenheit thanks to the battery, fire officials said.
Crews used more than 1,000 gallons of water to put out the fire.
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Jiyoung’s team is seeking reparations from Tesla for emotional damage, mental anguish, and all actual damages.
They wish for the suit to go to a jury trial.
This isn’t the first time that Tesla has made headlines for an apparent battery issue.
Earlier this year, firefighters unloaded 6,000 gallons of water on a flaming Tesla in Sacramento, California.
In November, Pennsylvania firefighters spent two hours working to extinguish a Tesla’s flames with 12,000 gallons of water.
Emergency responders had to close one lane on Pennsylvania’s Interstate 80 in Clearfield County to put out the fire that also occurred in a Model S.
It was also announced that Tesla is recalling nearly 16,000 of its 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles because some front-row seat belts might not have been reattached properly.
This could cause a safety issue in case of a collision, leading Elon’s company to take all of the vehicles back in for repairs.
And last year, the company recalled over 50,000 vehicles for concerns over the notorious self-driving function.
Officials feared that some cars had a “rolling stop” function which would prompt the car to fly through intersections instead of stopping at stop signs.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Tesla for comment.
