According to a report by the US "Wall Street Journal" on March 8, Anji Zhao, chairman and CEO of Foremost Group, died in a car accident last month. The media learned that the cause of Anji Zhao's car accident was that she was driving a Tesla Model X. A mistake in shifting gear caused the car to fall into the pond.
According to previous media reports, Anji Zhao died in a car accident in Texas on February 11, local time, at the age of 50. On February 29, local time, the Texas police in the United States stated that "this is not a typical accident." The police said, "Although the preliminary investigation indicates that this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff's Office is still investigating this accident as a criminal case until there is sufficient evidence to rule out the possibility of criminal activity."
"The Wall Street Journal" said, The outlet recounted what happened based on interviews with members of Anji Zhao's family and people close to him, police with knowledge of what happened or who were present at the time, and a review of law enforcement documents. According to the report, Anji Zhao was having a party with friends at the resort ranch. She was preparing to return to the main house around 11:30 pm, hoping to go home when her son woke up the next morning.
Due to the cold weather, Anji Zhao did not choose to walk. Instead, he drove a Tesla model x and returned to the main house in only 4 minutes. However, within a few minutes of saying goodbye, her friend received a call for help from Anji Zhao. Zhao Anji said that when performing a three-point turn (a U-turn on a narrow road), she did not engage the forward gear correctly, but engaged the reverse gear. She had made this mistake before with her Tesla's gear lever. The car reversed rapidly, rolled over an embankment and crashed into a pond. The car sank rapidly.
Over the next few hours, her friends, the ranch manager and his wife, firefighters and police tried to extricate Zhao from the car, but it was too late by the time they got her out. Anji Zhao was pronounced dead at the scene and was not taken to the hospital.
"Business Insider" website said that details about how Zhao's Tesla fell into the pond had not been released by police before, leading some people, including Hyman Capital Management founder and chief investment officer Kyle Bass, to Questioning whether Tesla's systems were hacked.
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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. From 1994 to 1996, he worked in the mergers and acquisitions department of Smith Barney (now part of Morgan Stanley Group).
The obituary of the Zhao family mentioned that although Angie Zhao was born in the United States, she never forgot her roots and helped create a bridge of communication between the East and the West throughout her life. She also serves as honorary president of the Jiao Tong University Alumni Association of the Americas, co-chair of the advisory board of the Asian American Foundation, and a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Young Leaders Forum. The Zhao family said that Anji Zhao's sudden departure not only left a missing piece in the family's heart, but was also a major loss to the Asian community.
On February 28, McConnell suddenly announced that he would step down from office in November this year. Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell said, "This is an especially difficult time for my family. Just a few weeks ago, we tragically lost Elaine's sister Angela. When you lose a loved one, especially when they are young, the grieving process is accompanied by a certain amount of introspection."
(Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng Pai Comprehensive Global Network, China Overseas Chinese Network, The Paper)
