OKC Thunder CEO, Aubrey McClendon Dies in Car Crash Amid Conspiracy Charge: 911 Calls Released

MStars News has learned that the Oklahoma City Police Department has released the 911 calls associated with the car crash that killed OKC Thunder part owner and CEO, Aubrey McClendon.

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According to AOL, the 911 calls were released after McClendon died in a single-car crash last Wednesday, just one day after he was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of conspiring to rig bids the oil and natural gas leases.

The former Chesapeake Energy CEO spoke out against the charges and claimed that he was being singled out, and couldn't be guilty of what he was being accused of. Since his death, prosecutors have been at work asking a judge in the case to dismiss charges against the deceased.

There was more than one 911 call made that day as the SUV started to catch fire with McClendon inside. The CEO allegedly crashed into an overpass embankment.

According to CNN Money, his car was traveling fast as he "drove straight into" an overpass wall.

Part of the one of the 911 calls transcript read:

Dispatcher: Oklahoma City 911  

Caller: Yeah, I just saw somebody have an accident on Memorial Road and Midwest Blvd. just south of the intersection.  

Dispatcher: Memorial and Midwest just south? Do you know if there are injuries?  

Caller: I don't know, I just saw it from about a quarter-mile away. I haven't driven up on it yet. I am about to go do that..... It looked pretty bad, I'm gonna drive up on it now. It looks like an SUV, kind of a dark color SUV, black.  

Dispatcher: Black SUV. What's the other vehicle?  

Caller: It was a single vehicle accident. It looks like they just hit the side... it looks like a Tahoe and it looks pretty rough. The accident looks pretty bad. It looks like they hit the side of - do you know where the turnpike crosses over Midwest Blvd?- it looks like they hit that. The car looks like it might be on fire.   

Dispatcher: Did they hit a barrier or what?  

Caller: They went under the... there's an underpass on Midwest Blvd. that goes under the turnpike. It looks like they swerved and hit that.  

Capt. Paco Balderrama described McClendon's crash and said: "He pretty much drove straight into the wall," Balderrama declared. "The information out there at the scene is that he went left of center, went through a grassy area right before colliding into the embankment. There was plenty of opportunity for him to correct and get back on the roadway and that didn't occur."

McClendon, 56 died instantly before the car went up in flames. Medical examiner's also determined that McClendon died from multiple blunt force trauma.

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After McClendon's death, the NBA released a statement that read:

“The NBA Family mourns the tragic passing of Aubrey McClendon. We send our deepest condolences to Aubrey’s wife, Katie, and their children, Jack, Callie and Will, and to the entire Oklahoma City Thunder family,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass stated.

On Saturday, March 5 family, friends, and employees gathered at dawn on at Oklahoma City's riverfront to pay their respects and honor McClendon.

The OKC Thunder part owner's death comes just a few weeks after the team mourned over Thunders' assistant coach, Monty Williams' wife death. She too died in a car accident.

MStars News previously reported that Ingrid Williams died Wednesday, February 10, from injuries she suffered in a car wreck one day before. Williams' car was hit head-on by another car that was driven by was a woman named, Susannah Donaldson. She hit Williams' car after losing control of her vehicle crossing over another lane. Donaldson died at the scene of the car crash.