A woman is dead and a 26-year-old man hurt after a fiery single-vehicle wreck on the FDR early Tuesday that threw both people from the car, authorities say. According to police, the unidentified woman was driving northbound on the highway near East 70th Street around 2:45 a.

The FDR Drive in NYC was closed for several hours following a deadly accident that backed up traffic in Manhattan.

A woman was killed when her speeding Tesla crashed, overturned, and caught fire on Manhattan’s FDR Drive early Tuesday, police said. The woman was zipping uptown when she lost control of the Tesla and struck a guardrail near E.

The FDR Drive southbound lanes have reopened following a deadly crash that shut down a section of the road overnight. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports from Manhattan's East Side.

The FDR has reopened after a driver was killed, and a passenger injured, after a Tesla collided with a guardrail, ejecting both passengers, the NYPD said. FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers has the latest.