SUV driver dies in fiery chain reaction crash with tractor-trailers on Bronx expressway

A driver was killed early Tuesday when her Range Rover overturned and caught fire after getting sandwiched between tractor-trailers in a chain reaction crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway, police said.

The victim was driving south on the expressway when she rear-ended a tractor-trailer in the center lane near University Ave. about 12:30 a.m., police said.

Moments later, the driver of another tractor trailer slammed into the back of the victim’s Range Rover, cops said.

The Range Rover overturned and exploded into flames, witnesses told police.

When first responders arrived, all three vehicles were on fire but the tractor-trailer drivers, ages 43 and 53, had escaped their rigs unscathed. The blaze nearly obliterated the three vehicles.

The woman perished in her Range Rover and has yet to be identified.

All of the Cross Bronx Expressway’s southbound lanes were shut down for several hours as firefighters put out the blaze and police launched an investigation into the crash.