Around 2:45 a.m., a white Tesla was traveling northbound on FDR Drive on the Upper East Side when it struck a guardrail, flipped and burst into flames, according to the NYPD.

According to investigators, a white Tesla with two passengers was heading northbound on the FDR Drive around 2:44 a.m. when it collided with a guardrail on the Upper East Side.

The white Tesla, speeding northbound, struck a guardrail and burst into flames at around 3 a.m. near the 71st Street exit of the FDR drive.

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According to police, the unidentified woman was driving northbound on the highway near East 70th Street around 2:45 a.m. when she struck a guardrail. The white Tesla she was in flipped over,… ...

The FDR Drive was closed in both directions near the accident. The southbound lanes from 96th Street to 71st Street and the northbound lanes from 63rd Street to 96th Street reopened as of 8:35 a.m.

All northbound FDR Drive lanes were shut for several miles as fire crews worked to extinguish the flames. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Don’t miss our daily roundup.