Man who drove Tesla off cliff with family in car was 'psychotic,' doctors say
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— Two doctors testified that the man who drove his Tesla off a cliff with his wife and children in the car suffered from major depressive order and was experiencing a psychotic break at the time of the crash. The testimony came Wednesday in the case of Dharmesh Patel, a Pasadena radiologist who was charged with three counts of attempted murder after he drove the family's Tesla off the cliff at Devil's Slide on Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay, according to prosecutors. At the time of the crash, the...
The Independent—Radiologist who drove wife and kids off cliff was having psychotic break and thought children ‘could be trafficked’, doctors say. Dharmesh Patel had delusions about Jeffrey Epstein and the war in Ukraine, doctors testified at his trial this week
Los Angeles Times—He drove his family off a cliff in a Tesla. Now his wife wants him freed. The wife of a Pasadena man who drove her and their two young children off a Northern California cliff asked a judge to release her husband from jail, saying the family needs him. Neha Patel testified for the first time Thursday during a hearing over whether her husband, Dharmesh Patel, should have his case removed from criminal court, in a scenario that would see him released from jail and put into a mental health diversion program. “We need him in our life,” said Neha Patel, who appeared via...
TheBlaze—Wife of a California doctor who drove their vehicle off a cliff with his family inside asks for charges to be dropped. The wife of the California doctor who has been accused of deliberately driving a Tesla off a cliff with his family inside has pleaded with prosecutors to drop his attempted murder charges. The development unfolded during a courtroom testimony on Thursday, according to the New York Post. Dharmesh Patel reportedly became emotional as he listened to his wife, Neha Patel, reflect on the car crash that took place in early 2023. Dharmesh also had to sit and listen to his wife tell the court that their...