Exclusive: “There’s my challenge to Elon,” attorney S. Scott West told The Independent. “Make these vehicles so safe that I don’t have to do this anymore.”

A Tesla Cybertruck owner in Texas was unable to escape after rolling it into a ditch last year, experiencing an unthinkable demise as the batteries powering the $100,000 stainless steel SUV burst into flames with such intensity the helpless driver’s skeletal system literally disintegrated, his family says.

Michael Sheehan, 47, “burned to death at 5,000°F – a fire so hot his bones experienced thermal fracture,” according to a gut-wrenching lawsuit his widow and parents have now filed against the electric auto manufacturer headed up by billionaire Elon Musk.

“He was eight inches shorter in length than he was before he burned,” attorney S. Scott West told The Independent. “That’s thermal fracture.”

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    5 hours ago

    Oh cool. The deathtrap also has “cremation mode” enabled. Saves everyone the trouble I suppose.

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        2 hours ago

        Depends if you want the “Watery Coffin mode” enabled too which does transfer upon sale of the vehicle. It’s part of the “Horrible Deaths” package that’s attached with additional almost-llegal blue tape to the frunk. It’s their way of saying thank you for buying their vehicle.