Man Suspected of Intentionally Driving Off California Cliff

A Tesla vehicle that plunged off a Northern California cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway, on Jan. 2, 2023. San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP

MONTARA, Calif.—The driver of a car that plunged off a cliff in Northern California, seriously wounding two children and a second adult after the 250-foot drop, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

Dharmesh A. Patel of Pasadena will be booked into San Mateo County Jail after he’s released from a hospital, the highway patrol said in a statement. It wasn’t immediately known if Patel had an attorney.