New Details Emerge in Death of Sen. McConnell’s Sister-in-Law

After Angela Chao backed her vehicle into a pond, she called a friend and spoke for eight minutes while the car turned and sank.

Angela Chao, CEO and chair of her family's shipping business, the Foremost Group, in this undated photo. Courtesy of Foremost Group via AP

JOHNSON CITY, Texas—Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), died on Feb. 11 after backing her vehicle into a pond.

More details have since emerged, including that Ms. Chao was on the phone with a friend for eight minutes after her car hit the pond and was sinking, according to the Blanco County Sheriff’s incident report obtained by The Epoch Times.