A Lamborghini Urus exploded into a fireball when the driver, fleeing from the police, hit a subway pillar in Manhattan – leaving his 21-year-old passenger dead, police reported on Tuesday
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Tiana Rodríguez, from the Bronx, died in the accident in Inwood on Monday night. The young woman was in the luxury SUV when the driver, a 22-year-old man, ran a red light shortly after 10 p.m., according to police sources.
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The police turned on their lights to approach the driver, but he sped up, the police said.
The high-speed driver continued north on Tenth Avenue with police in pursuit, but he ended up hitting a Hyundai Elantra and, out of control, swerved to the left, hitting a pillar of an above-ground subway line.
The police managed to remove the 22-year-old man from the vehicle before the SUV burst into flames with the passenger still inside, who was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Passenger Tiana Rodríguez was declared dead by EMS.
The Lamborghini driver was taken into custody, the police said, but had not been charged as of Tuesday. The investigation was ongoing.
Photo and video: Reproduction twitter @FlorenciLiranzo