Police say there is indication that the driver who caused the crash may have suffered a medical episode behind the wheel.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the application for a new medication, which, if approved, would become the first drug specifically indicated for postpartum depression.
A mangled mess of metal and glass was left behind at Hillside Avenue and 268th Street in Glen Oaks.
The flames broke out on the second floor of the house on 262nd Street in Glen Oaks around 7:30 p.m. By the time help arrived, flames were already shooting out of two windows.
The fire broke out just before 7 a.m. in the home on 265th Street.