Former Chesapeake CEO Dies In Crash A Day After Price-Fixing Indictment

"Former Chesapeake Energy chief executive Aubrey McClendon, the embattled co-founder of one of America’s largest natural gas producers, died Wednesday morning in a fiery car crash one day after he was charged in an Oklahoma bid-rigging conspiracy.

McClendon, 56, crashed his 2013 Chevy Tahoe at high speed into a bridge overpass wall in northeast Oklahoma City just after 9 a.m., police said. He died in the crash, and no other cars were involved.

'He pretty much drove straight into the wall .... There was plenty of opportunity for him to correct and get back on the roadway, and that didn’t occur,'Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said at a news conference. 'It looks pretty cut and dry as far as to what exactly happened.'"

Drew Harwell and Steven Mufson report for the Washington Post March 2, 2016.