OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Former Chesapeake Energy Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon, was killed Wednesday in a car crash one day after he was indicted by a federal grand jury. McClendon was a part-owner of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder,
An Oklahoma City police spokesman says a former energy executive was speeding and “drove straight into the wall” when he was killed in a single-car crash.
Capt. Paco Balderrama says Aubrey McClendon crossed the center line, drove into a grassy area and crashed into a wall at about 9 a.m. Wednesday. Balderrama says there was “plenty of opportunity” for McClendon to correct himself and get back on the road, but that didn’t happen.
Police are still investigating the single-vehicle crash.
McClendon was the former chief executive officer of Chesapeake Energy Corp.
A federal grand jury indicted him Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas leases in northwest Oklahoma. A Department of Justice spokesman declined to comment Wednesday on the status of the case.
