Father Who Drove Family Off Cliff Suffered Psychotic Break, Doctors Say [Video]

The man who allegedly drove his car over a California cliff with his family inside the vehicle suffered a psychotic break at the time of the incident, doctors say.

Dharmesh Arvind Patel allegedly drove his family’s Tesla off a 250-foot cliff at Devil’s Slide on Jan. 2 while his 41-year-old wife Neha and two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy were in the vehicle. Per an arrest report by the California Highway Patrol that was previously reviewed by PEOPLE, Patel was arrested after the crash at Stanford Hospital on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse. On Jan. 29, he was charged with three counts of attempted murder.

According to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, on April 24, two doctors testified that at the time of the crash, Patel was experiencing a psychotic episode that led him to believe that his two children may be sex trafficked, The Los Angeles Times…