A recent investigative report states that Chao, Mitch McConnell’s Sister-in-Law, passed away after accidentally driving her Tesla into a pond on a remote Texas ranch.
According to the new WSJ report, on February 10th, Chao was attempting to execute a three-point turn when she inadvertently backed her Tesla into the pond.
Details from the report indicate that in the moments leading up to her demise, Chao made a distress call to a friend as her vehicle submerged underwater.
During the call, a panicked Chao explained to her friend that she had mistakenly shifted the car into reverse instead of drive, causing it to go over an embankment and into the pond.
In a statement, the Blanco County Sheriff’s Department shared, “Although the preliminary investigation indicated this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity.”
Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law Angela Chao made panicked last call before dying in ‘completely submerged’ Tesla on Texas ranch: report https://t.co/qqtHayOBc3 pic.twitter.com/qyYauGkIo1
— New York Post (@nypost) March 9, 2024
Per The New York Post:
Chao invited several of her girlfriends from Harvard Business School to spend the weekend on a gorgeous, sprawling 900-acre private property in Texas’ Hill Country, that included horse stables, a swimming pool and a 10-bedroom guesthouse, the Journal reported.
After eating dinner together and celebrating the Chinese New Year on Friday night, Chao left the guesthouse around 11:30 p.m. to head back to the main house, where her son was sleeping. It was cold out, so she decided to take her Tesla Model X SUV for the four-minute drive rather than walk.
But within minutes, she called one of her friends in a panic. While making a K-turn, she put the car in reverse instead of drive, she told them. While going backwards, the car went over an embankment and into a pond — and was sinking fast.
Four minutes from home, the CEO of the Foremost Group #shipping company puts her @Tesla in the wrong gear and drowns to death in her own stock pond, the @WSJ reports.https://t.co/iNasPtloar
— Christopher Calnan (@cgcalnan) March 9, 2024
