[UPDATE] Woman Found Dead in Burning Car on the BQE, Driver Arrested After Fleeing Scene

UPDATE: Police arrested 23-year old Saeed Ahmad of Flatlands, Brooklyn after he fled the scene of a deadly crash that killed 25-year old Harleen Grewel of Astoria, Queens.

Ahmad was driving on the Gowanus Expressway near Centre Street when he lost control of his vehicle, slamming it into a concrete barrier, said police. With the car engulfed in flames, Ahmad fled the scene, leaving Grewel in the burning car and hailing a taxi, according to the Daily News.

Police found Ahmad at a nearby hospital, where he was being treated for burns to his extremities. He was taken into custody with charges pending, said police. The charges are Manslaughter, Criminally Negligent Homicide, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Aggravated Unlicensed Operator and Speed Violation.

RED HOOK – A car in flames on the BQE. A dead woman in the passenger seat and no driver to be found—there are more questions than answers in last night’s accident in Red Hook.

At 4:00 am, police of the 67th precinct responded to a call about a vehicle on fire in the center lane of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Upon arrival, they found a burning sedan, a 2007 Infiniti G35, spun around and facing east on the westbound side.

Once the FDNY extinguished the flames, police discovered the body of an adult woman in the passenger seat. EMS on the scene pronounced the woman dead, said police.

No driver was found at the scene, police said. An investigation is ongoing into both the nature of the accident and the woman’s cause of death.