It happened at Devils Slide, along the old Highway 1 coastal road about 10 miles south of San Francisco.
Driver was a physician from Southern California and the California Highway Patrol believe he drove the car off the 300 foot cliff intentionally (and that self-driving feature played no role). The car had four people in it, the man, his wife, and their two children.
The car flipped several times on the way down, but landed rightside up in the rocks at the edge of the ocean. First responders assumed that the occupants must be dead, but all four were found to be alive. The two children reportedly were discovered to be uninjured, the two adults had more serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Broken bones and orthopaedic joint injuries, I think.
https://twitter.com/SMCSheriff/status/16...2311528449
https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/...1442958336
The driver has reportedly been arrested for attempted murder and child abuse. He will be booked into jail when the hospital releases him.
https://abc7.com/tesla-crash-devils-slid.../12647915/
Photos from California Highway Patrol helicopter
Driver was a physician from Southern California and the California Highway Patrol believe he drove the car off the 300 foot cliff intentionally (and that self-driving feature played no role). The car had four people in it, the man, his wife, and their two children.
The car flipped several times on the way down, but landed rightside up in the rocks at the edge of the ocean. First responders assumed that the occupants must be dead, but all four were found to be alive. The two children reportedly were discovered to be uninjured, the two adults had more serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Broken bones and orthopaedic joint injuries, I think.
https://twitter.com/SMCSheriff/status/16...2311528449
https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/...1442958336
The driver has reportedly been arrested for attempted murder and child abuse. He will be booked into jail when the hospital releases him.
https://abc7.com/tesla-crash-devils-slid.../12647915/
Photos from California Highway Patrol helicopter