Key takeaways:
- Dharmesh Patel, 41, drove his Tesla off a 330-foot cliff with his wife and two young children inside on January 2nd.
- Neha, Patel’s wife, told authorities that her husband had been “depressed” and had said he was going to drive off the cliff.
- Patel had been prescribed medication for depression in the past, and had been seeing a therapist for the past two years.
A California radiologist has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after allegedly driving his Tesla off a 330-foot cliff with his wife and two young children inside earlier this year. According to newly unsealed documents, the man’s wife told authorities multiple times that her husband had deliberately driven off the cliff.
The incident occurred on January 2nd, when Dharmesh Patel, 41, drove off the Pacific Coast Highway and over a cliff at Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County. His wife, Neha, and two children, ages 7 and 4, were also in the Tesla. First responders had to rappel down the cliff and cut the family out of the wreckage.
Neha told rescuers that her husband was “depressed” and had said he was going to drive off the cliff. She also said that he had been “acting strange” in the days leading up to the incident.
The documents also revealed that Patel had been prescribed medication for depression in the past, and had been seeing a therapist for the past two years. He had also been admitted to a hospital for a mental health evaluation in the past.
The case is still ongoing, and Patel is currently being held in San Mateo County Jail. It is unclear what the outcome of the case will be, but the documents provide a clearer picture of what happened before the Tesla plummeted off the cliff.
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