Young Girl Dies in Car Fire Near J.F.K. Airport

A young girl died after a vehicle caught fire in Queens on Sunday night, the authorities said.

The child was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital, the police said. The car caught fire at about 8:52 p.m. at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and Baisley Boulevard, a short distance north of Kennedy International Airport.

A man who fled the vehicle was taken into custody after being transported to a hospital with burns, the police said. His relationship to the child was not immediately clear.

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Queens toddler dies after being left inside burning, locked car

The three-years-old child was pried out of the backseat of the flaming Audi A6 Sedan near Baisley Boulevard and 155th Street just before 9 p.m. and rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where she later died, the sources said.

The kid’s 39-year-old father was driving the car and ran from the scene while in flames, according to the sources.

Officials had received a call about a car stopped in the middle of the boulevard. When they arrived, they noticed the windows were shut and saw one gas canister in the street, and another in the backseat, sources said.

The back doors of the cars were chained shut, sources said.

That’s when the 39-year-old driver, who looked like he was on fire, sprinted out and jumped into the pond at Baisley Park, where he was later apprehended.

“He was on a stretcher, He’s burned,” said witness Lisa Silvera, 50. “He looked white. So burned. With a mask on his face.”

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