“When asked if he felt suicidal, he stated, ‘you know, not like a plan, not usually’ and related that he was more worried about the world.”

“When asked if he felt depressed, he related he was not really depressed, he just felt down because times were bad in the world, the war and the drugs,” Sapien wrote in the search warrant, the Chronicle says.

Patel also told officers he hadn’t been on any medication or under the influence at the time of the crash, the search warrant says, according to the outlet. “Patel related that it was a short distance before they fell down the cliff.” “Patel then moved the Tesla to the ‘dirt path’ to check the tire air pressure,” the officer wrote in the search warrant, the Chronicle says. While driving on the highway, Patel said the car “began to feel different,” Sapien wrote in the warrant, the outlet says. He told officers he stopped at three gas stations on the drive to put air in the left rear tire, but his dashboard sensor continued to show low pressure, the search warrant says, according to the outlet. “She said that suspect Patel drove them off and repeated this multiple times.”Īnother emergency worker also recalled hearing Neha say Patel drove off the cliff on purpose and “tried to kill everyone,” Sapien wrote in the affidavit, the Chronicle reports.ĭuring an interview with police following the incident, Patel told investigators he and his family were driving approximately 20 miles to his brother’s home in Montara, California, the Chronicle reports, citing the search warrant. “She then told him that her husband needs a psych evaluation,” Sapien wrote in the affidavit, according to the Chronicle. When rescuers were pulling the family members out of the car, the wife told an emergency worker “something to the effect that the driver, her husband Dharmesh Patel, did it on purpose,” CHP officer Aaron Sapien wrote in a three-page search warrant affidavit seeking grounds to seize Patel’s property, the Chronicle reports.

CNN is also working to obtain a copy of the court documents. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.ĬNN has reached out to Patel’s attorney and his wife, Neha Patel, for comment.

All four family members survived the crash. Patel was charged with three counts of attempted murder in January after prosecutors say he intentionally steered his Tesla off a portion of the Pacific Coast Highway called Devil’s Slide, sending the family plunging about 250 feet to a rocky beach below. California father is charged with attempted murder after allegedly driving his family off an oceanside cliff, prosecutors say

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