Driver indicted in woman's death in Gowanus car fire

Friday, October 20, 2017
RED HOOK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The driver accused of hopping in a cab as his car burned with a woman's body still inside has been indicted by a grand jury.

Saeed Ahmad, 23, is accused of crashing into a concrete barrier last week on the Gowanus Expressway killing 25-year-old Harleen Grewal.
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Ahmed was later found at Maimonides Medical Center, where he was treated for burns to his neck, arms and legs.
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He was arrested and facing charges of second degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operator and speeding.

Ahmad will be arraigned in Brooklyn.
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