A DAD accused of trying to kill his whole family by driving a Tesla off a 250-foot cliff has had all charges against him dismissed.
Dharmesh Patel, 45, was charged with attempted murder after the horror crash that injured his wife and two young children.
The family’s car plunged off a cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway in San Mateo County, California, on January 2, 2023.
All four survived the drop in what one official called an “absolute miracle.”
A San Mateo County judge dismissed the charges Monday after Patel completed a two-year mental health diversion program, the Associated Press reported.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said a Stanford psychiatrist and a family therapist had treated Patel.
The judge was required under California law to throw out the charges once the program was completed, Wagstaffe said.
“If the person who’s given mental health diversion follows the treatment plan, there’s nothing that can be done and at the end of the two years he gets it wiped out of his record,” Wagstaffe said.
Prosecutors had charged Patel with three counts of attempted murder after the crash near Devil’s Slide.
His wife, Neha Patel, and their children, who were 4 and 7 at the time,
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