Indian-Origin US Man Drove Tesla Off Cliff, Tried To Kill Spouse, Youngsters: Cops

Dharmesh Patel, his spouse and youngsters survived and have been rescued on Monday in California.

Washington:

A 41-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested within the US on suspicion of tried homicide and little one abuse after he deliberately drove a Tesla off a cliff along with his spouse and two youngsters inside, in response to media experiences.

Dharmesh A Patel of Pasadena, California, might be despatched to San Mateo County Jail after he’s launched from a hospital, the freeway patrol mentioned in an announcement.

Dharmesh Patel, his spouse and youngsters survived and have been rescued on Monday at Satan’s Slide in San Mateo County, the California Freeway Patrol mentioned.

The rescue concerned firefighters who rappelled down the cliff to save lots of the 2 youngsters, a 4-year-old woman, and a 9-year-old boy. A helicopter crew rescued the 2 adults from the car, NBC Information, an American broadcast tv community, mentioned.

A helicopter crew rescued the 2 adults from the car. (Twitter Picture)

The rescue was described as nearly miraculous, The New York Instances newspaper mentioned.

The Tesla was 250 to 300 toes down, in response to the freeway patrol.

This afternoon, deputies responded to a solo car over the aspect of Hwy 1 south of the Tom Lantos tunnel. Two adults suffered non-life threatening accidents and two youngsters have been unhurt. Super collaborative effort btwn SMSO, @CHP_GoldenGate and @calfireSCUpic.twitter.com/sVyKp6LSrc

— San Mateo County S.O (@SMCSheriff) January 3, 2023

“Based mostly on the proof collected, investigators developed possible trigger to consider this incident was an intentional act,” it mentioned in an announcement.

Brian Pottenger, the incident commander for the California Division of Forestry and Hearth Safety, mentioned witnesses known as 911 after the crash.

He mentioned that it was “very, very uncommon” for individuals to outlive such a steep fall and that the kids’s automotive seats might have saved their lives.

“We have been truly very shocked once we discovered survivable victims within the car. So that really was a hopeful second for us,” Mr Pottenger mentioned.

The youngsters had reasonable accidents, Mr Pottenger mentioned.

Authorities plan to cost Mr Patel on three counts of tried homicide and two counts of kid abuse, mentioned Officer Andrew Barclay, a spokesman for the freeway patrol’s Golden Gate Division.
 

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