The 4-year-old son of a California doctor accused of driving his family off a cliff on Jan. 2 not only survived the 250-foot drop; he did not sustain any injuries, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Dharmesh Patel, 41, of Pasadena, was charged on Monday with three counts of first-degree attempted murder after allegedly driving himself, his wife, and their two children — the 4-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl — off Devil’s Slide near California Highway 1 in his Tesla.
“Everybody’s been talking about … how only a Tesla could drop 250 feet and everybody survives. Well, for the 4-year-old [boy] who was in a child seat, no injuries at all,” Wagstaffe told Fox News Digital. “…Every parent ought to keep that in mind.”
The 7-year-old girl, who was also in a child seat, sustained “significant” injuries but was released from the hospital “fairly quickly” and will not have “long-term” physical complications, the DA’s office was told.
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“It’s a shocker,” Wagstaffe saiad. ” … I’ve seen all the photos and video of the car at the bottom, and … knowing that area, knowing that cliff, my belief is that those four people — every single day for the rest of their lives — that they wake up in the morning, they should say thank you.”
Meanwhile, Patel’s wife, Neha Patel, is the only victim still in the hospital recovering, but Wagstaffe is hoping she might be willing to tell authorities more about what happened that day, and in the days leading up to Patel’s alleged murder-suicide attempt, once she is able.Â
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Immediately after the crash, Neha Patel apparently told first responders, “He tried to kill us,” and, “He intentionally drove off the side,” according to Wagstaffe.Â
“What we don’t have is any further description of that because they immediately told…
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