Aubrey McClendon was charged after a federal antitrust investigation and vowed to clear his name just hours before he drove into an Oklahoma bridge
At 09.12am on Wednesday morning Aubrey McClendon, billionaire sports team owner, oil executive and “visionary” pioneer of the US fracking revolution, “pretty much drove straight into” a bridge on a quiet country road in Oklahoma. His 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe burst into flames instantly killing the 56-year-old executive, who was not wearing a seatbelt.
The crash, which did not involve any other vehicles, came just hours after McClendon, was charged by the Justice Department with conspiring to rig bidding for oil and gas contracts over several years.