Turo-rented cars were involved in two deadly US incidents this New Year’s. Here’s what we know


While both incidents involved vehicles rented through Turo, the FBI has said that is has found ‘no definitive link’ between the New Orleans attack and the Las Vegas explosion. — Photo by appshunter.io on Unsplash

NEW YORK: Two deadly incidents on New Year’s Day – an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism in New Orleans and an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas – both involved vehicles that were rented on Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing company.

Early on Jan 1, 42-year-old Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter – killing 14 people who were celebrating the New Year. And police fatally shot Jabbar in a following firefight.

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