Angela Chao Was Intoxicated When She Drove Tesla Into Pond, Police Say

Angela Chao, the chief executive of a shipping company and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was intoxicated when she accidentally reversed her Tesla into a pond on her Texas ranch last month, according to a police report released Wednesday.

A postmortem toxicology test found that Chao had a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.233 when she died, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 for a person to operate a motor vehicle in the state of Texas.

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.

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