FDR Drive reopens after deadly crash halts traffic in NYC
NEW YORK -- The FDR Drive is back open following a deadly crash that closed a section of the roadway overnight in Manhattan.
A roughly two-mile stretch was closed in both directions for hours, causing major delays on the East Side. The southbound lanes reopened around 7 a.m., followed by the northbound lanes around 8:30 a.m.
Earlier in the morning, southbound traffic was backed up to the RFK Bridge, and northbound traffic was building back toward the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
All southbound traffic had been diverted onto local streets at East 96th Street, and northbound traffic was being diverted at East 63rd Street.
Drivers were advised to avoid the East Side and consider taking local streets or the West Side Highway instead.
1 dead, 1 hospitalized after fiery crash, police say
Police said the single-vehicle crash happened around 2:45 a.m. in the northbound lanes near East 70th Street.
A white Tesla hit a guardrail, and two people were ejected from the vehicle, police said. The female driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 26-year-old male passenger was taken to New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but sources at the scene said speeding may have been a factor.
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