A cab driver was killed early Saturday morning when a speeding BMW rammed it into a utility pole on Long Island, investigators said.
Duke Obule, 23, of Queens, was speeding in the BMW at 4:15 a.m. on Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square when he struck the taxi and pushed it across two lanes of traffic into a utility pole, Nassau County police said.
The taxi driver, 47, of Elmont, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.
A 20-year-old female passenger in the taxi was taken to a local hospital for treatment of an ankle fracture.
Obule left the accident site and was found about an hour later at the corner of Hempstead Turnpike and Evans Avenue, police said. He was arrested on charges including manslaughter, unlicensed driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
