PIEDMONT — Three Piedmont teenagers who died in the fatal Cybertruck crash last November were found to have alcohol and cocaine in their system, according to Alameda County Coroner’s Office toxicology reports released Thursday.
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The driver of the vehicle, 19-year-old Soren Dixon, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.195% – more than twice the legal limit and well above the legal limit for his age – in addition to 180 nanograms of cocaine and 55 nanograms of methamphetamine per milliliter of blood when the vehicle crashed on Hampton Road at 3:08 a.m. on Nov. 27, the report states.
The teenagers perished when the vehicle collided with a tree and erupted in flames, causing Dixon and passengers Krysta Tsukahara, 19, and Jack Nelson, 20, to die from smoke inhalation, according to the autopsy reports. All three suffered serious burns and were pronounced dead at the scene.
A bystander rescued a fourth passenger, according to Piedmont Police.
The autopsy report shows Nelson had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.168% and Tsukahara’s was 0.028%. Cocaine was detected in the blood of all three teenagers, according to the autopies.
The victims were each recent graduates of Piedmont High School and had returned from college for Thanksgiving. The crash devastated the Piedmont community, and Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers called the incident “unprecedented.”
The crash is the subject of a probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and California Highway Patrol. The Piedmont Police Department has not issued a statement on the results of these investigations.
