A new investigative report from The Wall Street Journal has confirmed The Gateway Pundit’s previous report that Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law, Angela Chao, died after backing her Tesla into a pond on a secluded Texas ranch.
The new WSJ report confirmed that on February 10, Chao reversed his Tesla into a pond while attempting to make a three-point turn.
Report details revealed In the final minutes before his death, as his car was submerged in water, Chao made a frantic phone call to a friend.
In the phone call, a panicked Chao told her friend that she mistakenly put the car in reverse instead of driving, which led to her going over an embankment and into a pond.
In a statement, the Blanco County Sheriff’s Department shared, “Although the preliminary investigation indicated that this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this incident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to exclude criminal activity.”
Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law Angela Chao made last panicked 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
According to the New York Post:
Angela Chao, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law, spent her final minutes of life frantically calling her friends for help as her Tesla slowly sank into a pond on a remote Texas ranch, according to a report.
Chao, the billionaire former CEO of dry bulk shipping giant Foremost Group, died tragically at the age of 50 on February 10 after accidentally reversing his car into the pond while making a three-point turn.
Chao invited several of her friends from Harvard Business School to spend the weekend at a beautiful 900-acre private estate in Texas’ Hill Country, which included stables, a pool and a 10-bedroom guesthouse, the Journal reported .
After having dinner together and celebrating Chinese New Year on Friday evening, Chao left the guesthouse around 11.30pm to return to the main house, where her son was sleeping. It was cold outside, so he decided to take his Tesla Model X SUV for a four-minute drive instead of walking.
But within a few minutes, in a panic, she called one of her friends. As she made a K-turn, she put it in reverse instead of driving, she told them. While reversing, the car went over an embankment and into a pond, where it was sinking rapidly.
Four minutes from home, the CEO of the Foremost Group #shipping the company puts it @Tesla with the wrong gear and drowns in her own pond, there @WSJ report.https://t.co/iNasPtloar
— Christopher Calnan (@cgcalnan) March 9, 2024
Last month, Brian Costello went into Steve Bannon’s War Room and shared the exact details of the incident before the Wall Street Journal published its exclusive report.
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Brian Costello tells Steve Bannon that Angela Chao, Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law, died after reversing her Tesla into a pond. pic.twitter.com/iatVEMUC00
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) February 14, 2024