1 dead, 2 injured after driver crashes through chain link fence at JFK Airport

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A woman is dead and two others were hurt after they crashed through a fence surrounding John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Police say the driver of a Honda Accord was speeding when the car hit the sidewalk at Rockaway Boulevard and Brookville Boulevard.

The impact sent the car airborne into a chain link fence.

A piece of the fence impaled a 25-year-old passenger killing her.

The driver was critically injured and the second passenger is being treated for minor injuries.

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