Indian - descent woman Harleen Kaur dies after car catches fire, driver fled
The driver in a fiery crash on the Gowanus Expressway early Friday morning hailed a cab and left the scene — leaving his female passenger Harleen, 25 burning to death inside the flame-engulfed car, according to police. Saeed Ahmad who is 23, of Brooklyn took the taxi to Maimonides Hospital in Borough Park, leaving his flaming 2007 Infiniti G35 sedan at the location with the victim dying inside, cops said. The body of Harleen Grewel, 25, of Astoria, Queens, was discovered in the front passenger seat after fire fighters extinguished the flames from the 4 a.m. crash. Cops caught up with Ahmed at Maimonides, where he was being treated for burns to his extremities. He was later arrested on charges of criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and speeding. Cops say Ahmad, of Mill Basin, had lost control of his car as it was heading westbound near Centre Street in Red Hook. The car burst into flames after striking a concrete barrier. -PTC News
