A 37-year-old woman riding in the backseat of an SUV on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway died after she opened the door, fell out of the moving vehicle and was struck by a car, cops said.
The victim was riding west on the BQE in a Toyota Highlander approaching Exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge when she fell out onto the roadway about 2:25 a.m., cops said. The SUV has Taxi & Limousine Commission plates and was driven by a 33-year-old man.
Another westbound vehicle, a Hyundai Elantra driven by a 29-year-old man, then struck her, police said.
She died at the scene. Cops have not yet released her name.
It was not immediately clear if the she was riding as a taxi passenger or in some other capacity, cops said.
Both drivers remained on the scene and faced no immediate charges.