The wife of a radiologist accused of intentionally driving his Tesla off a 330-foot cliff with his family inside tells authorities he plunged them off the precipice “on purpose,” newly unsealed documents reveal.
with his wife and their two young children inside earlier this year told authorities he plunged them off the precipice “on purpose,” newly unsealed documents reveal.
She told a paramedic helping extricate the family from the crushed vehicle that Patel “had driven off the side of the road on purpose. She repeated this multiple times,” the filing said. A nearby security camera also captured the moment the Tesla drove off the cliffside. It showed the Tesla traveling within the lines on the road, slowing down, then turning right onto the cliff.
The filing said officers spoke with Patel’s family. His sister said she spoke with Patel the night prior and recalled he was “sad about the war and other things occurring in the news.” He said he was worried about “the future of his children due to everything going on in the world.”
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