Tesla driver pleads not guilty of attempted murder of wife and two young kids in plunge off cliff

Redwood City, Calif. — A Tesla driver accused of trying to kill his wife and two young children by driving off a Northern California cliff pleaded not guilty on Thursday to attempted murder and domestic violence.

A judge ordered Dharmesh Patel, 41, of Pasadena, held without bail.

Patel was seriously injured on Jan. 2 when the car plunged 250 feet off the cliff at Devil's Slide along the Pacific Coast Highway south of San Francisco.