Shipping CEO Angela Chao intoxicated when she drove into pond, police say WPXI [Video]

Angela Chao, the chief executive of a shipping company and the sister of former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, was intoxicated when she drove into a Texas pond and died last month, according to a police report released on Wednesday.

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Chao, 50, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, had a blood alcohol content level of 0.233 when she was pronounced dead during the early hours of Feb. 11, according to a report obtained by the Austin American-Statesman. That is nearly three times the legal limit to drive in Texas, which, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, is 0.08.

The report, released by the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, found that Chao inadvertently reversed her Tesla SUV into a stock pond at a ranch near Johnson City and drowned as rescue efforts failed, USA Today reported.