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Oklahoma medical examiner rules oilman McClendon's deadly crash an accident

File photo of Aubrey McClendon walking through the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana March 26, 2012.

OKLAHOMA: The fiery crash that killed U.S. oilman Aubrey McClendon in March after his car hit a wall was an accident, Oklahoma's medical examiner said on Wednesday, echoing a police inquiry's findings a day earlier that there was no evidence of suicide.

The examiner said he died of "multiple blunt force trauma" and his corpse suffered "extensive thermal burns and charring" after his Chevy Tahoe slammed into a concrete bridge abutment on March 2.

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