Authorities are investigating after a taxi cab passenger fell from her vehicle on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) early Sunday morning before being struck and killed by a passing vehicle.
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Authorities are investigating after a taxi passenger fell from her vehicle on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) early Sunday morning before being struck and killed by a passing vehicle.
According to police sources, the bizarre incident unfolded just before 2:30 a.m. on the BQE as a 33-year-old cab driver of a black Toyota Highlander was traveling westbound, approaching exit 28. Cops say the rear door holding his 37-year-old female passenger opened, and she fell out into the roadway.
A 29-year-old man driving a Hyundai Elantra, also moving westbound, struck the woman after she fell. She was left with severe trauma.
EMS responded and pronounced her dead on scene.
Police say the two vehicles themselves did not collide and they remained on scene. No other injuries were reported. No criminality is suspected at this point.
No arrests have been made, and the NYPD’s Highway Investigation Squad continues the investigation.
Source: www.amny.com
