Alijah Arenas, a five-star highschool basketball participant, College of South Carolina-commit and son of former NBA all-star guard Gilbert Arenas, was significantly injured whereas behind the wheel of his Tesla Cybertruck, based on TMZ Sports activities. It is not instantly clear what triggered the wreck that left the truck mangled on the facet of the highway in a Los Angeles neighborhood.
The 18-year-old has since been hospitalized and positioned into an induced coma, based on ESPN NBA reporter Shams Charania. Preliminary exams present that Arenas did have any damaged bones on account of the crash. A Los Angeles Fireplace Division spokesperson tells ESPN that they responded to a name at round 4:55 a.m. {that a} Cybertruck had crashed right into a tree or fireplace hydrant, and a hearth was concerned. Preliminary stories to first responders mentioned that there was a “trapped affected person” contained in the truck, nevertheless, once they arrived everybody had already made it out.
Not the primary Cybertruck fireplace
A video posted by X person Corbin Williams exhibits a burnt-out, mangled Cybertruck on the facet of the highway in Los Angeles surrounded by first responders earlier in the present day. I can’t affirm that this is similar accident, however it might be a hell of a coincidence if it wasn’t.
Noticed this on my approach to work, appears just like the Cybertruck went up on the curb by means of a hydrant and straight into the large tree. That is my first time seeing a Cybertruck incident. pic.twitter.com/8bPFV2oLCM
— Corbin Williams (@corbinwilliams) April 24, 2025
Arenas is presently ranked 13 amongst recruits for the highschool class of 2025 and dedicated to play faculty ball for the USC Trojans again in January, ESPN stories. He additionally simply this month signed a sponsorship take care of Adidas. Arenas was additionally set to seem on his father’s podcast, referred to as “Gil’s Area” on April 24, however the present has been canceled due to the information, based on TMZ.
We have reported on a few different events the place a Cybertruck caught fireplace following a crash, together with one which had lethal outcomes final November in addition to a crash that left a Cybertruck burning after it bumped into a hearth hydrant.
Lots of the circumstances across the crash and the scene are nonetheless unknown at this level, so we are going to replace this story when and if we get extra info.
