2 NYPD officers suspended for "unauthorized pursuit" that ended in fatal crash, police say
Two New York City police officers are suspended for allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal crash after a pursuit on the Henry Hudson Parkway early Wednesday morning.
Police sources say officers from the 50th precinct in the Bronx were pursuing a stolen car. According to sources, the driver of that stolen car was speeding before he crashed into a lamppost at the Dyckman Street exit in Inwood. Police said it appeared the vehicle then overturned and burst into flames.
The officers allegedly returned to their command but did not report the crash.
The FDNY later responded to a report of a car on fire. Once the flames were out, an unidentified male body was found in the driver seat, according to police.
Investigators said there was no evidence at the time of a crime or that the death was suspicious. The body's ID was pending the medical examiner's investigation.
The officers violated department regulations with an "unauthorized pursuit" of a vehicle on the parkway from Manhattan to the Bronx, the police department said Thursday.
The incident is being investigated by the NYPD Force Investigation Division and the New York Attorney General's office, a police spokesperson said.
