1 hour 15 minutes ago — Berlin hospital said: After a series of collisions on the highway, Elon Musk was taken to the ICU, but his heart stopped beating several times, and doctors confirmed that he did not survive .MD

Berlin was plunged into an atmosphere of mourning as the bad news spread: Elon Musk – a global technology icon, a billionaire who once dreamed of setting foot on Mars – had died after a horrific multi-vehicle collision on the A9 motorway.

According to German police, the accident happened at around 7 p.m. A sudden rain made the road slippery, dozens of vehicles moving at high speed were unable to react in time when a truck suddenly lost control. In an instant, a series of deafening collisions rang out, metal twisted together, black smoke and sparks flew everywhere. The Tesla prototype with Elon Musk in the back seat was sandwiched between the two trucks, completely deformed.

A panicked witness recounted: “It sounded like a bomb exploding, vehicles were everywhere, people were breaking the windows trying to pull the victims out. I saw a man who was recognized as Elon Musk, motionless, his head covered in blood.” Dozens of cell phones were raised, paparazzi flashes flashed in the dust, while police hurriedly set up barricades, trying to stop the traffic that was still rushing forward.

Paramedics rushed in like moths to a flame, sawing metal to get Musk out of the mangled car. He was placed on a stretcher, his heart stopped at the scene. Medical staff performed chest compressions, oxygen, and electric shocks repeatedly to the sound of ambulance sirens. “We tried our best to pull him back, but his heart stopped, then started again, then stopped again, like a fragile string about to snap,” a paramedic recounted, trembling.

The Charité Berlin hospital was brightly lit with emergency lights all night long. Elon Musk was taken straight to the ICU, a row of doctors surrounding a red monitor that kept on alerting. The ECG went flat then jumped wildly, the defibrillator went “clear!” over and over again. “He had at least five cardiac arrests in just 40 minutes. Each time he was revived, his body weakened significantly,” the head of the emergency department said in despair.

The news exploded worldwide. Within 30 minutes, the hashtag #PrayForElon was all over social media. In California, Tesla employees gathered in silence, holding white candles. In Tokyo, SpaceX offices hung black banners. Tears knew no borders, from Silicon Valley to São Paulo.

Outside the Berlin hospital, a sea of ​​people gathered, lighting candles, holding white flowers, chanting “Stay strong, Elon!”. Paparazzi jostled, police had to erect iron fences to control. Some overzealous fans even tried to climb into the hospital grounds, creating double chaos when many people were trampled, ambulances had to return to provide additional emergency care.

The climax of the tragedy came at 10:45 p.m.: an official statement from the Berlin hospital confirmed Elon Musk’s death. The spokesman’s voice choked up: “We did everything we could, but he did not survive after severe injuries and multiple cardiac arrests.”

The world seemed to stop breathing. The Berlin night echoed with the long ringing of church bells, the American, German and French flags lowered to half mast. In Paris, where he had preached, thousands gathered by the Eiffel Tower, turning it into a sea of ​​candles in remembrance. In the US, politicians from the President to the congressmen all spoke up to call Musk “a dreamer who changed human history.”

The grief was overwhelming but also left a silence that made humanity wonder: If even Elon Musk — the man who dreamed of building a city on Mars — could not escape his fate on a mortal path, where would his dream go? Who would continue the mission?

Berlin tonight was cold, the candlelight trembled in the wind and rain, like the last heartbeat of a legend that had just died.