NYPD officer killed, two people critically injured in single-car crash

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An off-duty NYPD officer was killed while two other people were critically injured when their vehicle crashed into a median early Saturday, police said.

The 25-year-old police officer was driving his 2016 black Lexus northbound on the FDR near 23rd St. when he lost control at around 2:30 a.m. and crashed into a median beneath a pedestrian footbridge. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Another 25-year-old man was ejected from the car into the oncoming traffic and sustained body trauma. A second passenger, believed to be a 25-year-old woman has lost a leg in the accident.

Both are listed in critical but stable condition. They were not immediately identified but police said that one of them was a New York City Firefighter.