According to Metropolis Express, on March 8, local time, the Wall Street Journal and other foreign media reported that "U.S. police disclosed details of the death of Anji Zhao, chairman and CEO of Foremost Group, in a car accident."
According to reports, the cause of Zhao Anji's car accident was that she made a mistake in shifting gears while driving her Tesla Model X, causing the vehicle to fall into a pond and drown.
An overhead file photo of the resort village where Zhao Anji had a car accident, taken in 2021. The Wall Street Journal reported with pictures
that the accident occurred at midnight local time on February 11. According to reports, Angie Zhao’s husband Jim Bremer was attending a meeting in Dubai at the time, and Angie Zhao celebrated the Chinese New Year at a ranch with seven of her best friends who flew from New York. The ranch is fully equipped with more than a dozen stables, a swimming pool, large lawns and basketball courts.
Around 11:30 pm, Anji Zhao decided to return to her residence to be with her sleeping 3-year-old son. Since it was very cold that night and the temperature was very low, she chose to drive rather than walk. What people didn't expect was that the distance that could have been reached by car in just 4 minutes turned out to be a journey that Zhao Anji couldn't finish.
reported that Anji Zhao was driving a dark blue Tesla Model , fell directly into the pond of the pasture.
After the accident, Anji Zhao immediately called a friend for help, but because she could not open the doors and windows, she and the vehicle quickly sank into the freezing water.
According to the "Daily Mail", Zhao Anji's friends immediately called the emergency personnel after receiving the call, hoping that they could rush to the scene as soon as possible and rescue Zhao Anji.
According to on-site rescue personnel, after the emergency rescue team arrived, they tried to break the car windows, but failed, and finally had to tow the vehicle out of the pond. When the vehicle was finally towed out, more than an hour had passed.
Medical staff then conducted emergency rescue operations for 43 minutes, but to no avail.
The incident remains under criminal investigation. "This is not a typical accident," the local Sheriff's Office said in a letter to the Texas Attorney General. "While the initial investigation indicates it was an unfortunate incident, we will continue to investigate this accident as a criminal matter until There is enough evidence to exclude the possibility of criminal activity."
On the evening of March 8, Angie Zhao's husband Bremer responded to the "Wall Street Journal" report, saying: "We are very sad."
The "Business Insider" website stated that about Details of how Zhao's Tesla fell into the pond have not been previously released by police, leading some, including Hyman Capital Management founder and chief investment officer Kyle Bass, to question whether Tesla's systems were compromised. Hacking.
Public information shows that Angie Zhao (1973-2024) was born in the United States, her ancestral home is Jiading, Shanghai, the sister of former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and the former independent non-executive director of the Bank of China. Elaine Chao is the wife of U.S. Senate Republican leader McConnell. Zhao Anji has been an independent director of Bank of China since January 2017. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Foremost Group of America. Angie Zhao’s husband is Jim Breyer, whose total assets are estimated at $2.9 billion.
