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Grisly crash on Bronx highway leaves 21-year-old driver in critical condition

  • Cops had to cut the motorist and his passenger out...

    Michael Schwartz/for New York Daily News

    Cops had to cut the motorist and his passenger out of the wreck.

  • Highway patrol officers investigate a serious acident on the Bronx...

    Michael Schwartz/for New York Daily News

    Highway patrol officers investigate a serious acident on the Bronx River Parkway Saturday.

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A 21-year-old man is clinging to life after his car crashed and flipped over several times in the Bronx Saturday, officials said.

The driver was speeding uptown on the Bronx River Parkway in a blue two-door sedan when he clipped a taxi and lost control near E. 173rd St. about 11 a.m., witnesses told police.

He slammed into a median, sending his car flipping across oncoming lanes. The mangled wreck flipped at least twice before landing back on its wheels off the parkway. Cops had to cut the motorist and his passenger out of the wreck.

Highway patrol officers investigate a serious acident on the Bronx River Parkway Saturday.
Highway patrol officers investigate a serious acident on the Bronx River Parkway Saturday.

Paramedics rushed the driver, whose name was not immediately released, to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition. His passenger suffered only minor injuries.