{"id":332662,"date":"2026-08-29T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332662\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T14:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T14:40:41","slug":"nypd-patrol-car-goes-up-in-flames-after-bmw-crash-in-the-bronx-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332662\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD Patrol Car Goes Up in Flames After BMW Crash in The Bronx: Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          NYPD Patrol Car<br \/>\n                          Erupts In Flames After BMW Rear Ends It &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Two Cops Hospitalized, Teen Arrested<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              August 29, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:19 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2899c6da1e4c48189c77f1dcabf4a6c0_md.png\" alt=\"082926_nypd_car_fire_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A teenager driving a BMW plowed into an NYPD patrol car, causing it to overturn and catch on fire &#8212; police say &#8212; and the aftermath of the insane crash was all caught on video.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Police Department tells us the fiery incident went down in the wee hours Friday in The Bronx, New York, where 19-year-old Gamal Ali was behind the wheel of the burgundy BMW driving along with Bruckner Expressway right behind the police cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260829_038c272099634062a7bddc31b8480f73\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5d31aa1f-7dad-41a8-a998-4590824eafaa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/038c272099634062a7bddc31b8480f73_md.png\" alt=\"082926_nypd_car_fire_sub_v2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, Ali slammed into the rear of the cop car, which flipped over, but somehow ended up back on its wheels, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The cop car also went up in flames &#8212; but, thankfully, the two officers inside managed to jump out before they were seriously injured, police said. Check out the video, it&#8217;s totally wild with the flames shooting out of the burning carcas of the patrol car.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260829_369beb911bdc4758831ed6556c184336\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5d31aa1f-7dad-41a8-a998-4590824eafaa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/369beb911bdc4758831ed6556c184336_md.png\" alt=\"082926_nypd_car_fire_sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York Fire Department tells us sixteen firefighters responded and quickly extinguished the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the two officers were taken to a hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Cops arrested Ali and booked him for reckless endangerment, reckless driving and operating motor vehicle without license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYPD Patrol Car Erupts In Flames After BMW Rear Ends It &#8230; Two Cops Hospitalized, Teen Arrested Published&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-332662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}