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Alijah Arenas says he was 'fighting time' as he tried to escape burning truck after accident
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FILE - Chatsworth High School basketball player Alijah Arenas prepares to shoot a free throw in the second half of a boys CIF State Division II championship basketball game in Sacramento, March 15, 2025. - photo by Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP, File
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California basketball recruit Alijah Arenas has provided the first details of the car crash that left him in an induced coma in April. Initially disoriented after crashing his Tesla Cybertruck into a tree, Arenas said he felt panic as smoke filled the front cabin and the doors wouldn't open. “I was fighting time,” Arenas said during a news conference Tuesday.