Generally fact is stranger than fiction and that appears to be the case concerning the Tesla that fell off of the Satan’s Slide in California yesterday. After an investigation, Police have arrested the person behind the wheel for tried homicide and little one abuse. Proof means that he deliberately drove the automotive off of the damaging cliff.

Round 11 a.m. on Monday, California Freeway Patrol was alerted to the accident simply south of the Tom Lantos Tunnels. That is the realm referred to as the Satan’s Slide the place quite a few deadly accidents have taken place over time.

When emergency personnel arrived on the scene they observed motion within the automotive which had fallen someplace between 250-300 ft from the street above. Finally, rescuers retrieved all 4 occupants, a person, his spouse, and their two kids from the car. All survived with at most non-life-threatening accidents.

Learn: All 4 Tesla Occupants Survive After EV Plunges 250 Toes Off Satan Slide’s Cliff

Now, the person, Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, of Pasadena, CA, has been arrested by authorities. In keeping with the CHPs Fb web page, investigators “labored all through the night time interviewing witnesses and gathering proof from the scene.” And “primarily based on the proof collected, investigators developed possible trigger to consider this incident was an intentional act.”

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These findings led Mr. Patel to his arrest for tried homicide and little one abuse. He’s nonetheless being handled for his accidents however might be booked into San Mateo County Jail upon his launch from the hospital. The investigation stays lively although and people with extra data can contact the CHP at (415)-557-1094.

One fascinating tidbit that the CHP additionally introduced was that autonomous driving options like Tesla’s Autopilot or Full Self-Driving know-how didn’t appear to play any function within the crash.

Whereas we are able to’t speculate on how the household would have fared in some other car, it’s price mentioning that the Tesla Mannequin S itself has all the time scored extremely in impartial crash testing. It’s nice to see that it carried out extremely nicely on this tragic however finally survivable incident.