SAN JOSE, Calif. — The man who authorities allege may have intentionally driven a Tesla carrying his wife and two young children off a 250-foot oceanside cliff south of Pacifica earlier this month — a crash first responders called a “miracle” after everyone survived — has been released from the hospital and taken to jail, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, a doctor from Pasadena, was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse, the district attorney’s office said Friday night.
Prosecutors will finish reviewing the case Monday morning. If they decide to bring charges, Patel will be arraigned in court in Redwood City on Monday afternoon.
