US media Friday (March 8)Zhao Anji, chairman and CEO of Fumao Group, had a car accident in a car accident last month, saying that Zhao Anji made a mistake when he drove a Tesla electric car, causing the entire car to fall into the pond.
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Zhao Anji's family and close relationships, understanding the case or the police who were present at the time, and reviewed the law enforcement documents, restored the ins and outs of the case.
On February 9th, Zhao Anji invited seven female friends she met at Harvard Business School to her ranch in Texas to spend holidays.
At 11:30 pm, Zhao Anji was going to return to the main house.Due to the cold weather and darkness that night, Zhao Anji decided to drive her Tesla Model X to return to the main house. The journey was only four minutes.
But a few minutes later, Zhao Anji panicked the phone call for a friend, saying that when she was doing three -point U -turn operation, she mistakenly hung the forward gear into a reversing file, causing the car to rush backwards., Turn over the embankment, and even take people to fall into the pond and sink quickly.
It is reported that Zhao Anji also made the same mistake while driving Tesla.
In the next few hours, Zhao Anji's friends, resort ranch managers and his wife, firefighters and police tried to rescue Zhao Anji in various ways such as breaking windows and looking for escape cabins.However, it was too late to be rescued. It was too late to declare death on the spot. No hospital was sent to the hospital, nor did he conduct autopsy.
Car safety experts say that after the car sinks into the water, the driver has been shook down the window for about a minute.However, for new cars such as Tesla Model X, the driver may only press the button for a few seconds, and the water level is rising too high.After that, the only way to escape was to break the window.
However, it is almost impossible to break the tempered glass or stronger mezzanine glass underwater, and the Tesla Model X model is using this type of glass.According to the firefighter report, Zhao Anji was trapped in the water for an hour.
The inside story of the US media business said that the details about how Zhao Anji's Tesla fell into the pond was not announced by the police before.
Public information officials in Blanco County wrote in a letter to the General Prosecutor of Texas on February 29 that although the preliminary investigation showed that this was an unfortunate accident, the Office of Public Security Officer was still on this.The accident was investigated as a criminal case until evidence showed that the case had no crime.
Zhao Anji's husband Breye wrote about the above news on Friday night: "Our hearts are broken."
Zhao Anji was born in the United States in 1973, his ancestral home wasShanghai Jiading is the sister of former US Minister of Labor Zhao Xiaolan. Since 2018, he has served as the chairman and CEO of Fumao Group.Zhao Anji was a member of the board of directors of Bank of China and was also the vice chairman of the China International Trade Promotion Association.
The New York Times said that Zhao Anji and his father Zhao Xicheng (both are American citizens) are one of the few foreigners who have worked in the board of directors in China.They were all directors of China State -owned Enterprise and Ship Group, making ships for customers such as the Chinese military and Fumao Group.
