The parents of one of the teens killed in a fiery Cybertruck crash in Piedmont last November spoke out Thursday after filing a lawsuit against the driver's estate, the owner of the vehicle and potentially Tesla.
Four college students were in the Cybertruck when it crashed into a wall and burst into flames the day before Thanksgiving. Three were killed, including passenger Krysta Tsukahara.
"I miss her every day," Krysta's mother, Noelle Tsukahara, said Thursday. "I miss her every breath. We'll never get to see her walk down the aisle. I'll never get to see her succeed in her career."
As Noelle and her husband, Carl Tsukahara, opened up about their tragic loss, they also spoke about their fight to find answers regarding what led up to the deadly wreck.
"We're just trying to figure out day by day, hour by hour how we're going to live our lives now because it won't be the same," Carl said. "There is nothing that can fix that."
The California Highway Patrol said alcohol and drug impairment, combined with unsafe speed, caused the driver, 19-year-old Soren Dixon, to lose control.
"How did she end up where she was? How did the driver get the car? What happened with the car?" Carl said. "There's just so many things that we've tried to get answers to, but we can't."
The Tsukahara family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dixon's estate, his grandfather, who owned the Cybertruck, and others who are not yet named but may have culpability.
The family's attorney said they need access to the Cybertruck and its data. Not only did the vehicle catch fire, but the doors wouldn't open.
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"Krysta was in the back rear seat on the righthand side," family attorney Roger Dreyer said. "The door didn't work. She couldn't get out. You know she was trying desperately to get out. What went wrong with that vehicle that prevented her from being able to exit it?"
NBC Bay Area reached out to Tesla and Dixon's family but did not immediately hear back.
The Tsukahara family said they can't move forward without answers.
"They talk about stages of grief and all that kind of stuff and none of it really works because you can never recover," Carl said. "This is something that will affect us for the rest of our lives, and I think that we deserve to know more."
Noelle and Carl said their daughter, an aspiring fashion designer attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, had so much to offer. They need to know why it was all snatched away.
"We just want people to know what an amazing, beautiful girl she was," Noelle said. "She had the world's biggest heart and put everyone first. We miss her. We miss her dearly."
