NEW YORK, NY – Early Saturday morning, firefighters from FDNY responded to a car fire at the intersection of Mott Avenue and Bay 25th Street in Queens.
At around 2:30 am, police officers with the 101st Precinct arrived on scene. After firefighters extinguished the fire, a body was located in the driver’s seat of the vehicle.
“An unidentified individual was discovered in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, unresponsive with severe burns about the body,” the NYPD said. “EMS pronounced the individual deceased on scene.”
The NYC Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of the death. The identify of the victim is unknown.