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The driver left the woman passenger to die in the fireball after hailing a cab to take himself to a hospital, it said. When firefighters put out the flames, they found a badly burned woman in the passenger seat. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
While the car was still in flames, Ahmad took himself to Maimonides Medical Center, police said. He was being treated there for burns to his arms and legs, the report said. Cops caught up with him at the hospital and charged him with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and speeding.
His arraignment was pending in Brooklyn Criminal Court, the report said.
Ahmad had been allegedly driving in and out of the traffic on the expressway before his car hit the barrier, it said. Ahmad, who lives in Flatlands, admitted to having a few drinks before the crash but was not legally drunk when his blood was tested at the hospital, police said.
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