Former FBI 44-year-old Kevin McCartney died in a car accident with electric cars Tesla.
In the us state of Indianapolis, ex-FBI 44-year-old Kevin McCartney and his girlfriend died in a car accident with electric cars Tesla.
It is reported that the driver was his girlfriend, 27-year-old Spackman, which has not coped with management. From the impact of the electric vehicle exploded Li-ion batteries, the vehicle exploded and caught fire.
Parts of the car scattered in a radius of over 100 meters. Spackman died on the spot. Her passenger, McCartney was able to get out of the car. The man was taken to hospital, but doctors were unable to save him.
According to representatives of the fire service, a firefighter is not immediately able to help the victims of a car accident, because they had about ten minutes to extinguish a strong flame from the lithium-ion batteries.
Also, gets hot from the fire, the battery “shot, like shells,” which also complicated the process.
Rescuers added that in most such cases, manufacturers recommend leaving the car to burn out on their own. But since in the car there were people, it was impossible, because the batteries can burn for up to 24 hours.
