Billionaire Shipping Mogul Angela Chao's death
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Anonymous
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Has this been discussed?It seems so strange. She was brilliant and accomplished and accidentally put her Tesla in reverse and died in a pond on her ranch? Was she intoxicated? Could it be foul play? Also, they couldn't break the windows to the Tesla to save her. I guess that is a drawback of tempered glass. Very sad for the children and spouse and seems so preventable.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13176301/Mitch-McConnells-billionaire-shipping-mogul-sister-law-drowned-fatal-mistake-Tesla-Angela-Chao-desperate-phone-call-help-night-partying-girlfriends-sprawling-Texas-ranch.html |
Anonymous
| Why would it be foul play? |
Anonymous
To send a message to her BIL. We shortly thereafter endorsed the insurrectionist. |
Anonymous
Her BIL was Mitch McConnell, who just announced stepping down from his leadership position. |
Anonymous
She called her friends from inside the car and told them what had happened…that she accidentally put the car in reverse. |
Anonymous
+100000 Why and how? "Chao shifted her metallic dark blue Tesla Model X SUV into 'reverse' rather than 'drive' as she tried to make a three-point turn. While performing the maneuver, the electric car plummeted down an embankment and straight into one of estate's many ponds where it quickly began to sink below the waterline. It is a mistake she had made before with the Tesla gearshift, reports the Wall Street Journal." She did this twice with the same car. This is not foul play. |
Anonymous
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She could have been intoxicated and made a mistake driving. It says she was with friends celebrating Chinese New Year at her guesthouse and then draws driving across her property to the main house.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/us-news/angela-chao-made-panicked-call-before-dying-in-completely-submerged-tesla-on-texas-ranch/ |
Anonymous
How terrifying for her friends. They were there on the property and came out to the lake to try to save her. |
Anonymous
| Can any tesla drivers speak to how likely this would be? |
Anonymous
| What a nightmare. That poor woman. |
Anonymous
The article makes it sound like you would have 60 seconds to get out in an older car, but with modern cars you need to put the windows down within the first few seconds. Not Tesla specific. |
Anonymous
I have the same car and it would be as likely as putting any car in reverse. The difference is that the gear shift is on a screen, but the icon starts in the center when in park. You slide it up about 3 inches to go forward and down about 3 inches to reverse. I can’t really see getting them mixed up. Also as soon as you put it in reverse, a ton of back up cameras (reverse and then 2 more screens pop up for each reverse side). It would be impossible to not know you were in reverse before you even took your foot off the brake. |
Anonymous
| Weird- is anyone watching “Death and other details” on Hulu? Similar car issue… |
Anonymous
I love shows like this, thanks for the suggestion. |
Anonymous
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the authorities are investigating the matter as a criminal matter as of 9 hours ago.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/us-news/angela-chao-made-panicked-call-before-dying-in-completely-submerged-tesla-on-texas-ranch/ |