One dead, one injured after fiery car crash in Brooklyn By Spectrum News Staff New York City UPDATED 3:39 PM ET Jul. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:56 AM ET Jul. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:56 AM EDT Jul. 17, 2021 SHARE A driver has died after a fiery crash in Brooklyn Saturday morning. Police believe the car was speeding and slammed into a pillar under elevated train tracks causing the car to split in half and burst into flames. What You Need To Know A driver was speeding on Atlantic Avenue early Saturday morning The vehicle hit the median, pillar and caught fire Police say the driver died People in the neighborhood say speeding is a problem on Atlantic Avenue and Rochester Ave in Bedford Stuyvesant