New details emerge on Tesla cliff plunge that led driver to be charged with attempted murder

• Dharmesh Patel is facing three attempted murder charges after driving a Tesla off a 250-foot cliff.
• Prosecutors said witnesses didn’t see the Tesla’s brake lights go on before the incident, SF Chronicle reports.
• Patel’s attorney said his client has “serious lower body injuries,” the Chronicle reported.

Dharmesh Patel, the Tesla driver whose car plunged off a 250-foot cliff with his wife and kids inside, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, court records show.

San Mateo County district attorney Steve Wagstaffe said during Patel’s arraignment on Monday that his office was charging the driver with attempted murder after reviewing videos from the incident, as well as statements from Patel’s wife and witnesses at the scene, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.