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NEW YORK CITY, Kings County, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2026 — A 37-year-old woman died early Sunday morning, November 8, after falling from a moving car on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and being struck by another vehicle, according to the New York City Police Department.
Officers responded around 2:26 a.m. to a report of an accident in the westbound lanes of the BQE near Exit 28. According to investigators, a 33-year-old man was driving a Toyota Highlander westbound with the woman riding in the rear seat when she opened the car door and fell out of the moving vehicle.
A 29-year-old man driving a Hyundai Elantra in the westbound lanes then struck the woman. The two vehicles did not collide with each other. Paramedics who responded to the scene pronounced the woman dead there.
Both drivers remained at the scene after the incident. The woman's identity had not been released as of Sunday, and the circumstances that led her to open the car door remain under investigation by the NYPD.
We are deeply sorry for the loss suffered by the victim's family.
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