Judge tosses attempted murder case against California dad who allegedly drove family off 300-foot cliff

Attempted execution charges against a California radiologist who allegedly intentionally drove his conveyance with his household disconnected a cliff were dismissed Monday.

A San Mateo County justice tossed the charges against Dharmesh Patel, 45, pursuing reports from doctors that helium was doing good successful the intelligence wellness programme helium was initially ordered to complete, FOX San Francisco reported.

In July 2024, Patel, who worked successful Pasadena, was ordered to implicit a two-year intelligence wellness diversion programme portion surviving astatine his parents' Belmont location connected a GPS monitor.

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The Tesla sedan driven by Dharmesh Patel, 45, astatine the country of the bluish California clang wherever helium and his household each survived. (Credit: California Highway Patrol - Golden Gate Division Air Operations / LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)

In January 2023, helium was driving his Tesla connected the Pacific Coast Highway successful San Mateo County erstwhile helium drove disconnected Devil's Slide successful Pacifica, plunging him and his household 300 feet.

First responders were forced to chopped his family, including Patel's 41-year-old wife, 7-year-old daughter, and 4-year-old son, retired of the wreckage. Everyone survived.

At the clip of the incident, Patel was having delusions driven by the warfare successful Ukraine and the increasing fentanyl situation successful the United States, his lawyers argued during a 2024 tribunal hearing.

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Dharmesh Patel, 45, had his first-degree attempted execution charges dismissed by a California justice this week. Patel was charged aft allegedly intentionally driving a conveyance with his woman and 2 young children wrong disconnected a Northern California cliff. All 4 survived. (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Patel’s top delusion, according to a psychologist, was his fearfulness that his children could beryllium kidnapped and molested, which appeared someway connected to his concerns astir Jeffrey Epstein.

Shortly aft the crash, Patel's wife, Neha, said her hubby "did it connected purpose" and needed a "psych evaluation." In addition, she said her hubby was depressed, according to tribunal documents.

"He said helium was going to thrust disconnected the cliff," she said.

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Dharmesh Patel was charged with first-degree attempted execution for allegedly driving a conveyance with his household wrong disconnected a cliff. (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, who opposed Patel’s placement successful the diversion program, criticized the determination to disregard the case.

"He got the interruption of a lifetime," Wagstaffe told the Mercury News.

After the ruling, Patel embraced his wife, and they near the courtroom together, the paper reported.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to the territory attorney's bureau and Patel's attorney.

Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.