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JFK security guard dies after flipping vehicle in airport parking lot

  • First responders worked to free the man from the burning...

    Marc A. Hermann/for New York Daily News

    First responders worked to free the man from the burning wreckage.

  • The driver lost control of his vehicle and broke through...

    Marc A. Hermann/for New York Daily News

    The driver lost control of his vehicle and broke through a chain link fence on Lefferts Blvd. near Pan Am Road, according to authorities.

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A JFK security guard died early Sunday after plowing through a fence and flipping his vehicle in an airport parking lot, officials said.

The driver, whose name was not immediately released, lost control of his vehicle and broke through a chain link fence on Lefferts Blvd. near Pan Am Road around 3:45 a.m., according to authorities.

First responders worked to free the man from the burning wreckage.
First responders worked to free the man from the burning wreckage.

The guard, an employee of Allied Universal, smashed into several cars parked in a long-term parking lot before his vehicle flipped and burst into flames.

The driver lost control of his vehicle and broke through a chain link fence on Lefferts Blvd. near Pan Am Road, according to authorities.
The driver lost control of his vehicle and broke through a chain link fence on Lefferts Blvd. near Pan Am Road, according to authorities.

First responders worked to free the man from the burning wreckage. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in traumatic arrest, but could not be saved, officials said.

No one else was injured as a result of the crash, authorities said.