On March 9, the details and reasons for the death of Angela Chao, chairman and CEO of Foremost Group, in a car accident in February were revealed. At the time of the incident, Zhao Anji made a mistake in shifting the gear while driving the Tesla model
Anji Zhao, Chairman and CEO of Foremost Group. Data map
According to Global Network citing the US media "Wall Street Journal", based on Zhao Anji's phone calls with friends before his death, accounts from relatives and friends, interviews with witnesses and relevant officials, US media The accident process was restored.
In early February, Anji Zhao invited some friends to spend a vacation at a ranch in Texas. In the early morning of February 11, Zhao Anji drove alone to return to his residence. The driving journey took about 4 minutes.
Although the journey was not long, accidents happened. Shortly after saying goodbye, my friend received a call from Zhao Anji. During the phone call, Anji Zhao said that when performing a three-point turn (a U-turn on a narrow road), she put the car in reverse gear instead of forward gear, which was a mistake she had made before when driving a Tesla. The car quickly backed up and rushed into a pond. The car sank quickly, so Zhao Anji asked a friend for help.
In the next few hours, Zhao Anji’s friends, ranch manager, medical staff, firefighters, police officers and other parties launched rescue operations, but it was too late.
When the incident occurred, Angie Zhao’s husband, venture capitalist Jim Breyer, was traveling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the World Government Summit. He learned over the phone that his wife had been in a fatal accident. Analysis by
shows that the driver had approximately one minute to escape as the car sank into the water. When cars have more manual mechanisms, the driver can roll down the window to escape, but this also requires the driver to remain calm in an emergency. In recent vehicle types such as the Tesla Model After this, the only way to escape is to break the car window, which is very difficult underwater. As for tempered glass or stronger laminated glass, it's much more difficult to break, but most car companies today use exactly tempered glass or stronger laminated glass. Laminated glass is especially praised for its safety features, such as preventing drivers from being ejected in a crash; but according to tests by the American Automobile Association, laminated glass is nearly impossible to break underwater.
Earlier, US police reported that in the early morning of February 11, Angie Zhao’s car crashed into a pond on a private ranch in Johnson City, Texas, and she was subsequently found dead. The ranch is about 40 miles (approximately 64 kilometers) from Austin. ). The Texas Sheriff's Office stated on February 29 that it had launched a "criminal investigation" into the cause of Zhao Anji's death.
public information shows that Anji Zhao was born in the United States in 1973 and is originally from Jiading, Shanghai. Angie Zhao is the youngest of the six daughters of Foreman Group founder Zhao Xicheng, and the sister of former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. She graduated from Harvard University in just three years and later obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School. Zhao Anji has been an independent director of Bank of China since January 2017. Since 2018, Anji Zhao has served as the chairman and CEO of Foremost 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.
