We’ve seen Tesla Cybertrucks in all kinds of trouble, from minor fender benders to getting beached or rolling over on trails. One even drove into an empty swimming pool. But a Cybertruck being split cleanly into two pieces after a multi-vehicle crash is probably the most visually extreme Cyber-related accident we’ve come across so far.

The incident unfolded Saturday afternoon in Silver Spring, Maryland, where a moving truck reportedly lost control and plowed into a line of traffic. By the time emergency crews reached the scene, numerous vehicles had been damaged and one Cybertruck had been transformed into something that looked less like a pickup and more like a cutaway auto show display.

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According to Montgomery County authorities, the crash involved at least 10 vehicles. Firefighters responding to the scene reportedly had to rescue multiple occupants who were trapped inside damaged cars, WTOP News reports. Images from the aftermath show debris scattered across the roadway and vehicles positioned at all kinds of angles following the impact.

One black SUV can be seen lying on its side behind the Nation Capital Movers truck, and another is directly in front of the same truck, looking like its been T-boned and pushed along the road.

But it’s the Cybertruck that has attracted the most attention. Tesla’s stainless steel pickup has been a divisive vehicle ever since it debuted. People generally seem to either love the futuristic wedge-shaped truck or absolutely hate it. Following this crash, though, it’s no longer merely divisive in a figurative sense. It became divisive in a very literal one, with the cab half of the truck entirely separated from the rear end, and high-voltage cables left to dangle in mid-air.

Three Children Injured

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Police later provided an update on X, saying, “10 people transported to area hospitals with minor injuries. 3 pediatric patients.”

The department added that “the initial report is that a moving truck lost control and collided with at least 10 vehicles.”

Thankfully, the outcome appears far less severe than the wreckage might suggest. Given the extent of the damage visible in photographs from the scene, things could have been much worse.

Investigators are still working to establish exactly what happened before the moving truck lost control. Officials haven’t yet released additional information regarding potential contributing factors, and the investigation remains ongoing.

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A Tesla Semi rear-ended two passenger vehicles in Nevada on Sunday, killing two people and leaving another with life-threatening injuries, in what appears to be the first known fatal crash involving the fully electric truck. Early information gathered by the sheriff’s office at the scene suggests the driver may have fallen asleep, though the official cause has yet to be determined.

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The incident happened Sunday morning on US 50 in Dayton, Nevada. Two vehicles, one of them a classic VW Beetle, had reportedly stopped at a red light when the Tesla plowed into them from behind.

Two Dead At The Scene

The force of the collision and the sheer mass of the semi claimed the lives of the married couple, who were pronounced dead at the scene. A third person was flown to a local hospital and remains there with life-threatening injuries.

Both directions of US 50 were shut for a few hours while crews cleared the debris. Photos of the aftermath show the heavily damaged Beetle at the roadside, right next to the white semi that appears to have a broken front bumper. The other vehicle, a red Toyota RAV4 SUV, is left with a crumpled rear end.

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The accident is currently under investigation by the Nevada State Police. Preliminary statements obtained at the scene by deputies from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office “suggest the driver of the truck might have fallen asleep,” though that account has yet to be confirmed by investigators.

The Semi is not available with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system, but it does come with various safety features, including autonomous emergency braking, which is meant to help in situations like this.

The Tesla Semi is being manufactured at the Gigafactory Nevada, which is about an hour away from the site of the accident. The name of the driver and the operator of the semi truck have not been made public.

The popularity of powerful all-electric motorcycles has surged in recent years, partly because of their affordability and the fact that they are often classified as e-bikes, meaning they do not require registration or a driver’s license. Amazon is now moving to make some of them harder to buy in California.

The retail giant announced it will stop selling certain electric bikes capable of exceeding California’s legal speed limits. The state currently caps pedal-assisted e-bikes at 28 mph (45 km/h) and throttle-assisted e-bikes, the type more commonly used by casual riders, at 20 mph (32 km/h).

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Many manufacturers of more powerful electric two-wheelers, often with designs inspired by traditional dirt bikes, have been able to skirt local legislation by labeling them as e-bikes, even though some can exceed 60 mph (96 km/h). However, state laws do require e-bikes that exceed speed limits to be registered and to comply with certain age restrictions.

“The things people are selling as e-bikes are clearly motorcycles, mopeds, off-road dirt bikes, out-of-class devices that might have pedals, and they can sell them as ‘e-bikes’ because they are electric and they are bikes, but they’re totally illegal for electric bicycles,” Bill Sellin from the Orange County Bicycle Coalition told ABC 7.

Crashes Are On The Rise

Amazon’s crackdown comes shortly after California Attorney General Rob Bonta emphasized existing laws around e-bikes. Over the past four years, crashes and injuries linked to e-bikes and electric motorcycles have risen 430 percent in Southern California.

More recently, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office filed manslaughter charges against the mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of hitting and killing an 81-year-old man while riding an electric motorcycle. Authorities say the mother had been warned multiple times that her son was not legally allowed to ride it.