A driver was killed and a passenger injured in a fiery Tesla crash that closed the FDR Drive on the Upper East Side.
The white Tesla, speeding northbound, struck a guardrail and burst into flames at around 3 a.m. near the 71st Street exit.
Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle.
The female driver was pronounced dead on scene and the 26-year-old male passenger was taken New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell Burn Unit and has been stabilized.
Following an hours-long closure at 61st Street, traffic in the northbound lanes resumed with delays just before 8:30 a.m. Southbound traffic resumed just before 7:30 a.m. after being diverted off the roadway at 96th Street.
Heather O’Rourke and John Del Giorno have the latest on the Upper East Side.
Witnesses said a northbound car sped past them before crashing.
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“He was going at least 120, 130 (mph). At least. And then when he hit the other car, the damage was just so much that it split in half. And that just started going on fire,” a witness told Eyewitness News.
Firefighters extinguished a stubborn e-battery fire in the Tesla. The vehicle will be loaded on a tow truck and firefighters will follow the tow truck to the impound to prevent future flareups.
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