A VinFast electric car is confirmed (not initially revealed) in a Pleasanton crash that killed four. The car mysteriously left the road, burst into flames and burned the trapped occupants to death.

A family of four was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Pleasanton Wednesday night, according to officials.

The crash happened at about 9 p.m. on [5800] Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive, police said.

The vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons, hit a tree and burst into flames.

Police said the victims were a mother, a father and two children under the age of 15.

Notably, it abruptly veered at high speed off the road into a tree and burned everyone. That’s the hallmark death trap of a Tesla.

Now the VinFast apparently has similar safety issues.

Larry Lai, người sống gần Đại lộ Foothill, cho biết ông đang ở bên ngoài thì nghe thấy tiếng nổ vào thời điểm xảy ra vụ tai nạn. Ông nói: “Cứ 5 đến 10 giây lại có một tiếng nổ lớn, có thể khoảng 5 đến 8 lần”.

Translation: Larry Lai, who lives near Foothill Avenue, said he was outside when he heard an explosion at the time of the crash. “Every five to 10 seconds there was a loud bang, maybe about five to eight times,” he said.

Police weren’t revealing much initially, other than the tree was a large oak.

Related, the nearby Pleasanton-based EV rental car sales company Hertz has put 1,500 of its used death trap Tesla on the market, starting at $20K.

All of these should probably be written off as unsafe and go straight to the crusher; do not even bother to pass by the hundreds of Tesla tragedies already clogging junk yards.

Update:

The family had borrowed the car from someone else, who filed a formal NHTSA complaint in April for “veered” steering issues.