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SAN FRANCISCO — The mother of Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, was killed and his father was seriously injured in a boating accident on Friday near Fresno, Calif., the company said on Saturday.
Bonnie Kalanick, 71, was a veteran of the newspaper industry who had long had a close relationship with her son Travis, whom she raised with her husband, Donald, in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
Donald Kalanick was rushed to a nearby hospital and listed in serious condition, the company said.
“Last night, Travis and his family suffered an unspeakable tragedy,” an Uber spokesman, Matt Kallman, said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Travis and his family in this heartbreaking time.” Mr. Kalanick did not issue his own statement.
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May 6, 2017
The Fresno County Sheriff’s coroner’s office said in a statement on Friday that it received a call shortly before 5 p.m. reporting a boating accident at Pine Flat Lake.
