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Chao left a Lunar New Year party with close friends at about 11:30 p.m. that night for a 4-minute drive from a guest house to her residence on the property, the Journal reported. Chao then called one of her friends minutes after she left them, saying that her vehicle, a Tesla Model X SUV, wound up in a pond after she attempted to make a three-point turn.
Angela Chao reportedly phoned her friends for help before her car was submerged in pond on Texas ranch
CEO Angela Chao made panicked calls to friends for help moments before she her Tesla sunk into a pond and where she was later found dead in mysterious circumstances
By Chris Boyette and Rebekah Riess, CNN
Angela Chao, CEO of shipping company Foremost Group and sister of former US cabinet secretary Elaine Chao, died after her car became submerged in a pond on a Central Texas ranch last month, according to the Wall Street Journal and a report from Blanco County Emergency Services obtained by the Austin American-Statesman.