Drag racer dies as speeding car splits in two after hitting a pole and bursts into flames
A drag racer from Queens who was killed in a horrific crash early on Sunday after his speeding car slammed into a poll reportedly documented his final hours in a video posted on social media, according to reports.
The victim, identified as Jesus Montenegro-Posada and who was called "Mello" by his friends, was driving a black Honda Civic and reportedly lost control of the vehicle and slammed it into a traffic-light pole near the corner of Review Avenue and Van Dam Street in Sunnyside, Queens, according to police. The racer's car twisted around the pole and torn in half by the impact and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, the New York Post reported.
One of Mello's friends, Charles Augustine, said: "He’s a tuner, a car tuner. He tuned Hondas."