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A Tesla driver has been arrested and charged with intentionally driving off a cliff in Northern California in an attempt to kill his family, law enforcement officials said.
At about 10:50 a.m. local time Monday, officials received a report of a vehicle over the cliff side on Highway 1 about 20 miles south of downtown San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol said in a press release Tuesday. Inside the white Tesla, about 250 to 300 feet down a cliff next to the Pacific Ocean, were two children, a 4-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, and two adults, both 41, who all survived.
Multiple agencies including the California Highway Patrol, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded.
Firefighters repelled down the cliff and rescued the children first, while a helicopter rescue technician was lowered to the scene and helped rescue the adults.
