by Dominic Yeatman at Daily Mail
- The billionaire shipping heiress had been drinking with old friends at a Chinese New Year celebration on her 900-acre Texas ranch
- She decided to drive back to her house rather than walk, but accidentally reversed her Tesla SUV into a pond
- Police have revealed details of her final frantic calls as the car sank in the water
Billionaire shipping magnate Angela Chao knew she was about to die as she sat trapped in her car after reversing it into a pond while three times over the drink drive limit, police have revealed.
The sister-in-law of Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell was pronounced dead at the scene after her Tesla SUV was hauled from the water on her 900-acre ranch in Texas on February 11.
She had previously been confused by the gears on her Model X and mistakenly put the car into reverse after an evening with close friends at a lodge on the estate.
The report from the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office details their frantic attempts to rescue her as she spoke on the phone to one of them, Amber Keinan, from her slowly sinking car.
‘Chao told Keinan the water was rising and she was going to die and said ‘I love you’,’ police discovered, ‘Chao then said her goodbyes to Keinan.’…
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