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Associated Press
Jun 25, 2025, 04:02 PM ET
LOS ANGELES -- Southern California hoops enlistee Alijah Arenas has provided the archetypal details of the car clang that near him successful an induced coma successful April.
Initially disoriented aft crashing his Tesla Cybertruck into a tree, Arenas said helium felt panic arsenic fume filled the beforehand compartment and the doors wouldn't open.
"I was warring time," Arenas said during a quality league Tuesday.
Arenas, who's begetter Gilbert played successful the NBA, was progressive successful the single-car clang past April erstwhile helium said the Cybertruck's keypad and steering instrumentality wouldn't respond. Arenas said helium awoke to find the rider broadside of the dashboard engulfed successful flames and tried to usage his integer cardinal to escape, lone to find the Tesla app had locked him out.
"I tried to unfastened the doorway and the doorway wasn't opening," helium said.
Arenas moved to the backmost spot and tried to interruption retired the window, but wasn't capable to. He doused himself with a h2o vessel to chill his assemblage down and spent astir 10 minutes successful the burning car earlier yet busting retired the driver's broadside model and falling into a fewer inches of h2o from a breached occurrence hydrant arsenic bystanders helped propulsion him to safety.
Arenas spent six days successful the infirmary pursuing the mishap but did not endure large injuries.
