NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials are investigating after a woman who was placed in the car of a taxi driver in Queens earlier this week was actually dead, officials said.
According to police, the incident happened on Tuesday morning, when an unidentified person hailed the cab and asked the driver to take the drunk woman home.
The driver was directed to take the passenger to an address on Avery Avenue in Flushing, a police source told the New York Post.
Once the driver arrived at the destination, a friend came up to the cab where the woman was unconscious, police said.
The cabbie drove the woman and her friend to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to the report. The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital later in the morning, police said.
An investigation is ongoing and the city's medical examiner will determine the cause of death.





