Update: New details have emerged regarding the crash. The original poster, J$LATT, has recounted their earlier statement, admitting it was not a valet driver. In an updated post, they stated, “we thought it would be funny to say it was valet and not our friend who just crashed his new cybertruck… BHH is not at fault!”
Of course, they only admitted that after a third party claimed to have received a message from the Beverly Hills Hotel complaining about the damage to its reputation. The Hotel itself has provided a short statement about the incident.
It tells Carscoops “Regarding the car accident outside the hotel. There was not a hotel employee or member of our valet team involved in the accident.”
The Tesla Cybertruck seems pretty tough, but one owner just experienced catastrophic damage due to a concrete wall. Details about the incident are hazy for now with people pointing the finger at various alleged drivers. What’s not up for debate though is just how badly the truck fared when someone drove it into a concrete landscaping wall.
Initial reports of the crash surfaced from an X, formerly Twitter, user with the handle J$LATT, indicating that the individual involved in the accident was a hotel valet. However, as we noted above, it appears to be the owner who crashed it, not a valet. According to the post, the driver was maneuvering the truck when they somehow found themselves in the predicament depicted below. The poster even reached out to Elon Musk directly, seeking assistance in obtaining another truck.
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That might be the quickest way to get back on the road considering that the Cybertruck in question is now missing its front right wheel completely. The front left wheel is also hanging half-way out of the wheel arch. There’s no way to know for sure, but it wouldn’t be shocking if the battery and front motor were badly damaged too.
Who did it?
A separate report from InsideEVs about the situation claims that it wasn’t a valet but the Cybertruck owner themselves that somehow made this mistake. The actual scene of the crash appears to be at the corner of Sunset Blvd, Beverly Dr, and N Crescent Dr. That intersection doesn’t appear to have any particularly challenging section. It’s plausible though that the driver simply miscalculated their turn and throttle application.
Interestingly, another X account user, WholeMarsBlog, chimed in to mention that the truck in question belongs to a personal acquaintance and that celebrity Justin Bieber was renting it at the time of the crash. However, considering the unreliability of information on X these days, take it with a grain of salt.
This is true, incident happened around 2am and I drafted up this joke of a tweet with employees of the valet and hotel. Not thinking it would blow up, we thought it would be funny to say it was valet and not our friend who just crashed his new cybertruck… BHH is not at fault! https://t.co/HBp0ow0rRk
— J$LATT (@jackdidthatt) March 4, 2024