Wrong-way Brooklyn driver busted for DWI after passenger dies in crash, NYPD says

A drunk, wrong-way driver slammed into a guardrail on a Brooklyn highway early Friday, killing his passenger, cops said.

The 23-year-old driver was taken into custody shortly after the 2:20 a.m. crash on a Bay Ridge ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Police said the driver was zipping up an exit ramp to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway by Fort Hamilton Parkway when he lost control of the wheel and slammed into a guardrail.

EMS rushed the driver and his 29-year-old passenger, who was in the back seat, to NYU Langone-Brooklyn, where the older man died.

The name of the victim was not immediately disclosed as cops track down family.

The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken into custody for drunk driving, cops said.

Official charges were not immediately filed.