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NBC News reports that a man tried to kill his family by driving his car off a cliff in California.
Even as it faces criticism on many other fronts, the electric carmaker's safety standards are a testament to the fact that the driver and his family survived the plummet.
The Golden Gate Division Air Operations shared a video of a car being smashed at the bottom of a cliff.
The incident commander for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told NBC that they were shocked to find survivable victims in the vehicle. That was a good chance for us.
The incident took place off of the Pacific Coast Highway.
The 41-year-old driver has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder and child abuse.
The patrol said that investigators developed probable cause to believe that the incident was intentional.
Firefighters took pictures of the white EV at the bottom of a cliff. Four people were saved by a helicopter.
The responders were surprised by what they found.
It is very rare for people to survive such an experience, and the children's car seats may have saved their lives.
The two children were not hurt, according to the statement.
He said that the damage to the vehicle indicated that it hit and flipped.
The highway patrol said that the autopilot feature probably wasn't a "contributing factor."
Officials say that the family fell off the California cliff on purpose.
The director of District 9 says his window was shattered without reason.
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