Driver, rider in stolen car killed in crash

The driver of a car police said was previously reported stolen was killed in a pre-dawn accident Tuesday in Brooklyn -- when the car slammed into a van belonging to the New York City medical examiner's office.A front-seat passenger in the stolen car also was killed.The crash occurred at 3:09 a.m. at the intersection of 44th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway near the border of Sunset Park and Borough Park.
The force of the collision between the 1995 Nissan Altima and the medical examiner's van flipped the van, according to New York City police.The occupants of the medical examiner's van -- the driver and one occupant -- were treated at what police called area hospitals, where they are in stable condition.There were five occupants in the Altima, police said.The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A female passenger riding in the front seat was taken to Maimonides Hospital, where she also was pronounced dead, police said.The three other passengers in the Altima were taken to Lutheran Hospital.All are listed in stable condition, according to police.The investigation is on-going, police said Tuesday. But, it was learned, the gray Altima had been reported stolen sometime on Saturday.