The shipping company CEO called a friend as her vehicle sank, telling her “in a calm voice” that she was trapped and going to die, according to a police report.
, the chief executive of a shipping company and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , was intoxicated when she accidentally reversed her Tesla into a pond on her Texas ranch last month, according to a police report released Wednesday.
Though the report, released by the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, concludes that the 50-year-old’s death was an “unfortunate accident”—belying earlier fears of foul play sparked by reports of a criminal investigation—it also paints a chilling picture of her final moments. Chao also told the friend “I love you” just before the vehicle was submerged underwater, the report said.
Sheriff’s deputies and a firefighter waded into the pond, struggling to pull Chao out as a group of her friends “ frantically.” They eventually used tools to break a side window and grab her around 12:56 a.m. She was brought back to shore, with emergency medical personnel delivering life-saving measures for the next 43 minutes. She was pronounced dead at 1:40 a.m.
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