The wife of the man who drove his family off a cliff testified Thursday, saying he should be released from jail into a mental health program and calling him “kind and altruistic.”

The wife of the man who drove a Tesla Inc Model Y off the side of a cliff in California in 2023 has reportedly pled to court to not prosecute him. Neha Patel was in the car during the incident with her two children.

Dharmesh Arvind Patel was accused of driving his family’s Tesla off a 250-foot cliff with his wife and two children inside

American-Indian radiologist Dharmesh Patel directed the family vehicle off a Devil Slide cliff in California and onto the rocks below, having informed his panicking wife Neha of his stomach-wrenching intentions just moments prior.

Dharmesh Arvind Patel, the father who drove his wife and two children off of a cliff in California in January, was suffering a psychotic break at the time of the crash, two doctors testified in court on April 24,

Dharmesh Patel, 42, was experiencing hallucinations, hearing footsteps and believed his children had been sex trafficked, two doctors testified at a hearing on Wednesday in Redwood City.

The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports. Dharmesh Patel,

His 41-year-old wife and two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy were in the vehicle during the crash.

Dharmesh Patel, a Pasadena radiologist, 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.

Her testimony came during a hearing to determine the radiologist's suitability for a mental health diversion program.