Overview

• Carl and Noelle Tsukahara, parents of 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Alameda County against the estate of driver Soren Dixon and vehicle owner Charles Patterson.
• The lawsuit aims to uncover details about the crash, including access to the impounded Cybertruck, which has been unavailable to the family’s legal team since the incident.
• Investigations revealed that driver Soren Dixon was intoxicated, with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.195, and had cocaine and methamphetamine in his system at the time of the crash.
• Krysta Tsukahara died from asphyxia and burns after being trapped in the Cybertruck, which caught fire upon impact with a retaining wall and tree at high speed.
• The Tsukahara family is the first to take legal action, seeking accountability and clarity about the events leading to the collision; no Tesla entity has been named in the suit.