Fatally shot driver crashes car in Queens; 3rd incident in a week

SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, Queens (WABC) -- A driver was shot and crashed in Springfield Gardens, Queens Wednesday night, the third driver to be fatally shot and then crash in New York City this week.

The 40-year-old victim was discovered behind the wheel of his crashed 2018 Nissan Maxima along Springfield Park, shot in the chest, just before 11:30 p.m.
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He had smashed into a telephone pole and was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.

On Monday night, a driver was shot in front of a Dunkin' Donuts store on the Major Deegan Expressway, drove away and then crashed his black Toyota Camry into multiple parked cars and overturned in the Bronx.



On Sunday, night, a 25-year-old driver was shot while parked in his 2022 BMW M440i by a gunman who jumped out of a white Mercedes Benz sedan and opened fire.



That victim also drove off and later crashed in Flushing, Queens, where he was pronounced dead.
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No arrests have been made in any of the three fatal shootings.

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