Overview
- A 6-year-old boy, identified as Preston El Guindy, was struck while his father reversed a Tesla Cybertruck from the family driveway and later died at a hospital.
- The boy’s father, Tarik (also reported as Terrick) El Guindy, was questioned by the California Highway Patrol and was not arrested as investigators treat the event as an apparent accident.
- Officials confirmed the Cybertruck was not in Autopilot when the crash occurred and officers are reviewing the vehicle’s camera video and any other available evidence to reconstruct what happened.
- It remains unknown whether the Cybertruck issued any dashboard or audible alerts before the impact, and Tesla’s Cybertruck rear warnings rely on camera-based Tesla Vision rather than ultrasonic or radar sensors.
- Family members and community supporters have launched a GoFundMe and public tributes, and investigators’ findings on vehicle logs and video are likely to determine next steps for the case.