Two New York police officers were suspended after chasing a stolen SUV that was found engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning with the driver dead inside, officials said.
The incident in Upper Manhattan is being reviewed by the Police Department’s force investigation unit and the state attorney general’s office, which are both charged with looking into deaths involving the police.
The driver was not identified. Nor did the police release the names of the two involved officers, the New York Times reports.
The police said Thursday night that the car crashed after two officers from a command in the Bronx pursued it.
The entire incident is under investigation, the police said earlier Thursday.
