Tesla is back in the headlines and this time it is a very serious issue. A fatal accident in Washington has ended with a new lawsuit against the company. According to the complaint, a Model 3 suddenly accelerated, without the driver being able to control it, crashed into a pole… and ended up engulfed in flames. The most serious problem came right after, because no one was able to open the doors to get the occupants out. Not the witnesses, not the rescuers. Nothing.

The lawsuit claims that the handles became useless after the impact, pointing directly to a “defective design” of the opening system, a huge failure that cost the life of one of the occupants of the vehicle and left her husband seriously injured.

Is Tesla putting users’ safety at risk just to gain market share?

According to the lawsuit, the Model 3 shot forward for no apparent reason and the driver completely lost control. The car crashed into a pole and began to burn within seconds.

Inside were Wendy Dennis and her husband, Jeffery. Outside, several people ran to help. But when they tried to open the doors, nothing worked.

Some even grabbed a baseball bat to break the windows, but they could not do it either. Wendy died trapped. Jeffery managed to survive, but with very severe burns on his legs.

A horrible scene… and unfortunately, not new for Tesla.