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Shipping Billionaire Intoxicated When She Drowned in Tesla
Shipping tycoon Angela Chao was drunk when she inadvertently reversed her Tesla into a pond and drowned last month at a Texas ranch, police say.
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Think of all the times this person drove drunk but didn't drown. Almost as if she were surfing the probabilities and daring fate. I wonder if she ever got her COVID shots?
#1 | Posted by Zed at 2024-03-21 07:19 AM | Reply
"The group had dinner and drinks at the guest lodge. At around 11:30 p.m., everyone began returning to their bedrooms or going home. A video [...] captures Chao at 11:37 p.m. walking "unsteadily to her vehicle while continuing to hold her cellular phone in her right hand, [...] the camera then captured the car lurching toward a wooden barrier, reversing, turning to the left without stopping, and over the top of the limestone block wall. Afterward, the vehicle entered the water. A minute later, the vehicle's lights were no longer visible. At 11:42 p.m., a friend told detectives she received a call from Chao, telling her that she had driven her vehicle into the pond, the report states. The friend told law enforcement she advised Chao to leave the car, but Chao said she couldn't. The friend stayed on the phone with Chao for eight minutes, as she described water coming into the vehicle, officials said in the report."
What a horrible way to go. Eight minutes of panic as the water poured in.
#2 | Posted by censored at 2024-03-21 07:21 AM | Reply
-I wonder if she ever got her COVID shots?
I love this twisted sense of zero class you protray, Zed.
The internet is quite the awesome place. Without it, you couldn't express yourself at all.
#3 | Posted by eberly at 2024-03-21 07:27 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#3 | POSTED BY EBERLY
I'm a novelist.
Good morning.
#4 | Posted by Zed at 2024-03-21 07:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
You too? excellent.
#5 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-03-21 07:30 AM | Reply
I'm assuming History is your genre. Fiction or Non?
#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-03-21 07:33 AM | Reply
fiction is all he spews here but maybe that's a release for Zed.
#7 | Posted by eberly at 2024-03-21 07:36 AM | Reply
Explains the melodrama.
#8 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-03-21 08:20 AM | Reply
I wonder if she ever got her COVID shots?
#1 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2024-03-21 07:19 AM | FLAG: (CHOOSE)
Rich Republicans were the first in line for shots.
It's the poor Republicans that went down the conspiracy route.
#9 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-03-21 08:21 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3
Regarding the inebriation, she wasn't just slightly over the limit:
"An autopsy was not performed due to the family citing religious reasons. Toxicology found that Chao's blood alcohol concentration was 0.233, which, according to the Cleveland Clinic, could cause someone to "experience confusion, vomiting and drowsiness."
According to one calculator I found online, .233% BAC would be about 5 drinks in an hour for a 120 lb female. alcohol.org
Granted, she was still on her own ranch property, so not quite the same as hitting the highway behind the wheel, but still...
#10 | Posted by censored at 2024-03-21 08:55 AM | Reply
#6 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE
Zed wouldn't answer. Hmmm.......
#11 | Posted by eberly at 2024-03-21 08:56 AM | Reply
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
#12 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-03-21 11:16 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
ZED does things throughout his waking day, and most of them don't involve you, EB. But, to respond, my first novel was military science fiction. SITZKRIEG would like it.
#13 | Posted by Zed at 2024-03-21 11:27 AM | Reply
But, to respond, my first novel was military science fiction. SITZKRIEG would like it.
#12 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2024-03-21 11:27 AM | FLAG: (CHOOSE)
Robert Heinlein posts to the DR! AWESOME!
#14 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-03-21 11:44 AM | Reply
Robert Heinlein posts to the DR! AWESOME! #13 | Posted by truthhurts
Well, if we're going to talk about our outside writing efforts, I've been looking into Making $30,000 a Month Writing Bigfoot Sex Scenes.
"Digital cryptozoological erotica" is a thing. Everyday We Stray Further From God's Light ...
#15 | Posted by censored at 2024-03-21 12:28 PM | Reply | Funny: 2
At least she didn't take out someone innocent in the process.
#16 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-03-21 12:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#12 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2024-03-21 11:27 AM | FLAG:
Maybe. Grimdark? I don't read much fiction. Non-fiction military history is already horrible enough.
#17 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-03-21 02:43 PM | Reply
One Less.
#18 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-03-21 03:03 PM | Reply
Shocking!
#19 | Posted by Corky at 2024-03-21 06:57 PM | Reply
.23 is an unusually high BAC for a woman who is concious. That may be indicative of alcoholism (or concurrent stimulant use). Most women pass out by the time their BAC gets that high.
#20 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-03-22 12:21 AM | Reply
Maybe she only identified as a woman.
You Deplorables ought to take a good hard look at her bulge.
#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-03-22 01:04 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
read the whole article? That was Moscow Mitch's sister-in-law! Tell me again how Texas isn't thoroughly corrupt.
#22 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-03-22 01:01 PM | Reply
I love this twisted sense of zero class you protray [sic], Zed. The internet is quite the awesome place. Without it, you couldn't express yourself at all. #3 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2024-03-21 07:27 AM | FLAG: POT MEETS KETTLE, SANS IRONY
#23 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-03-22 01:06 PM | Reply
How many billionaires are ever driving themselves anywhere, much less when drunk? This story is just bizarre.
#24 | Posted by JOE at 2024-03-22 01:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
This was Texas? Didn't she have a gun to shoot her way out?
#25 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-03-22 04:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 2
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