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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Noah Goldberg

‘He intentionally tried to kill us’: Wife’s statement to paramedics key to charges against Tesla driver who drove family off cliff

LOS ANGELES — Neha Patel was still conscious when paramedics rescued her from a white Tesla that had gone off Highway 1 over the cliff at Devil’s Slide and tumbled hundreds of feet down to the beach.

As they rescued her, Patel made statements to paramedics that helped lead to the three attempted murder charges filed Monday against her husband, Dharmesh Patel, 41, who was driving the Tesla when the crash took place.

“‘He intentionally tried to kill us,’” Neha Patel told paramedics, San Mateo County Dist. Atty. Stephen Wagstaffe told The Times on Monday.

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