A doctor drove his family off a cliff but two years later is a free man

Washington

: For years, Dr

Dharmesh Patel

seemed to embody the American dream. The 45-year-old radiologist lived with his wife and two young children in a quiet cul-desac in Pasadena, California.

Colleagues described him as a respected physician, while neighbours remembered him as a thoughtful man who brought poinsettias to nearby homes during the holidays.
That image shattered on Jan 2, 2023, when according to prosecutors, Patel deliberately drove his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff at Devil’s Slide, a notorious stretch of Pacific Coast Highway, with his wife Neha and their two children, aged four and seven, inside the vehicle.

Miraculously, all survived.