Witness to Cybertruck crash that killed 3 students harrowingly recalls seeing ‘ball of flame’ — and how he tried to save them

The young witnesser to nan deadly California Cybertruck crash connected Thanksgiving that killed 3 of his friends told cops that he saw nan “ball of flame” and really he tried to frantically prevention nan passengers from nan burning wreck.

New bodycam videos were precocious released showing nan moments aft a drunk and coked-up Soren Dixon, 19, smashed nan Cybertruck into a retaining wall — sidesplitting himself and pals Jack Nelson, 20, and Krysta Tsukahara, 19.

“I turned nan corner, and I conscionable spot a car successful a shot of flame,” Matthew Riordan, a friend who was driving down nan Cybertruck, tells an serviceman astatine nan scene.

The Tesla belonged to Dixon’s grandparents.

“I conscionable saw nan backmost of it, and I knew it was nan Cybertruck. So, I stopped, and I sewage out. I tried to unfastened nan doors, but everything was truthful damaged — I sewage a stick, and I collapsed nan beforehand and backmost windows.
I pulled nan beforehand rider out, but location was excessively overmuch occurrence and nan airbags — and I couldn’t get to nan remainder of them.”

Riordan managed to propulsion Jordan Miller, 20, from nan smoldering wreckage but by nan clip he sewage to nan backmost window, nan occurrence was raging, and it was excessively precocious to prevention nan others.

The dormant passengers each had intoxicant and cocaine successful their systems.

The constabulary serviceman asks Riordan if Dixon looked visibly intoxicated erstwhile he near nan party, and if he thought Dixon was capable to drive.

“Legally, no. Physically, from a visible standpoint, yes,” nan young man answered nan officer, according to nan video obtained by KTVU done a nationalist records request.

Hundreds of photos were besides released showing nan mangled aftermath.

The 3 friends died from asphyxia owed to fume inhalation successful nan car. Police officers who responded to nan clang were incapable to put retired nan flames until firefighters arrived.

Another constabulary video captured nan infinitesimal Miller’s begetter learned his boy was nan lone subsister of nan crash.

The begetter arrived astatine nan segment astir 3 hours aft but didn’t look to cognize what had happened.

A Piedmont constabulary serviceman tells nan begetter nan Cybertruck was progressive successful a crash.

“With a pedestrian? Is everything OK?” nan begetter first asks.

Then nan serviceman tells him that his boy is nan only survivor.

“What?” nan begetter said.

“That’s each nan accusation I tin springiness you,” nan serviceman said.

Miller was taken to nan infirmary pinch terrible burns and was successful surgery. 

“I cognize nan family…. People successful nan car died?” the begetter past said, sighing.

The serviceman confirmed, pleading to fto authorities denote nan news to their families.

“S–t!” nan begetter said. “I gotta go.” 

Dixon had a BAC of 0.195% — much than doubly nan ineligible limit — erstwhile he drove nan speeding Cybertruck disconnected nan roadworthy and collapsed into a retaining wall, causing nan conveyance to burst into flames.

All 4 occupants were graduates of Piedmon High School and were location from assemblage for nan vacation break.

“Officers wished that a operation of driving nether nan power of narcotics and unsafe velocity were nan causes” of nan crash, California Highway Patrol confirmed successful a preliminary report.

The 3 died from asphyxia owed to fume inhalation successful nan car — and burns were besides a “significant” facet successful their deaths, which were ruled accidental, according to nan autopsy report.