California doctor who drove Tesla off cliff to be charged with attempted murder
Credit to the car and the child car seats, as family survived 300-foot plungeoff a California cliff — injuring his two children, his wife and himself — will face attempted murder and child abuse charges when released from a hospital where he was in stable condition on Wednesday.
Patel was transported to hospital with serious injuries on Monday, the California Highway Patrol said. Authorities plan to book him into the San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City upon his release.Initial media reports after the crash on Monday said the Tesla may have been in full self-driving mode but CHP has since said the driving mode did not appear to have been a contributing factor to the accident.
"We are extremely grateful there were no severe injuries," it said in a statement."We will not respond further, as this incident is under investigation." "The children were secured properly in proper car seats, and the car seats were secured properly into the vehicle," Pottenger said."The car seats saved the lives of those two kids, in our opinion."
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