The driver of a Tesla that plunged 250 feet off a cliff at Devil's Slide, injuring his two young children and his wife, was charged Monday with attempted murder, according to the prosecutor's office.
Dharmesh Patel faces three attempted murder charges after officials said he intentionally drove his Tesla off a cliff in Northern California with his wife and two kids inside.
Dharmesh Patel, 41, was behind the wheel of a car that went off Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County on Jan. 2, nearly killing himself, his wife and their two children.
Northern California prosecutors filed attempted murder charges against a motorist who was behind the wheel of a Tesla that went over a cliff with his wife and two children inside. Camera footage of the incident and eyewitness accounts led to the decision to charge 41-year-old Dharmesh Patel.
Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, intentionally crashed a Tesla carrying his wife and two children, the authorities said. He was charged on Monday with three counts of attempted murder, court records show.
A man who allegedly drove his Tesla off a San Mateo County cliff with his family inside was formally charged Monday with three counts of attempted homicide, prosecutors said.
The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in northern California, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, was charged with attempted murder.
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