Four people, including two children, miraculously survived a fall from a 230-foot cliff in California on Monday, January 2. The father of the family is suspected of attempted murder after the accident.
It’s a miracle that could hide a tragedy. Four people, including two children, survived a spectacular fall from a 76-meter cliff in the coastal area of Devil’s Slide, south of the city of San Francisco, California, on Monday January 2nd. According to the New York Times, Dharmesh A. Patel, the father of the family, was arrested on suspicion of orchestrating the murder of his entire family.
In video released by the California Highway Patrol, the patrol in charge of California’s freeways, we can see the dangerous rescue that rescuers delivered, but also the car’s particularly dire condition below.
Father suspected of attempted murder and child abuse
According to the BBC, the children are “unharmed” and the adults are injured “non-life-threateningly”. The head of local authorities also told CNN that he was “very shocked” that people were able to survive such an accident. “Accidents on this cliff are not uncommon […] What’s rare is we don’t get many survivors,” he said.
According to the initial findings of the investigation, the car – a Tesla – was not in “autopilot” mode when the accident occurred. According to the New York Times, this suggests that family man Dharmesh A. Patel may have attempted to kill his wife and two children. He was suspected of attempted murder and child molestation and arrested on Tuesday 3 January.