Ackeem Chambers gets 3 to 9 years for fatal Brooklyn crash.
Ackeem Chambers drove through a red light while fleeing an attempted police stop before colliding with a Toyota at Eastern Parkway and Rogers Avenue; his passenger, 18-year-old Jada Rollins, died and four others were injured, according to prosecutors and the city record.
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What We Know
Ackeem Chambers accelerated after officers attempted a traffic stop and drove through a red light at Eastern Parkway and Rogers Avenue, prosecutors said. His passenger, Jada Rollins, 18, died after the February 6, 2022, collision; the city record counts four people injured. Chambers pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to three to nine years in prison.
Chambers drove through a red light.
The Brooklyn DA said officers attempted to stop Chambers as he drove a 2015 Hyundai Sonata carrying three passengers. Chambers accelerated and drove through a red light at Eastern Parkway and Rogers Avenue, then collided with a 2007 Toyota Solara whose driver had the right of way, according to the DA.
Prosecutors said investigators calculated that Chambers was traveling about 62.7 mph before the crash and found no indication of braking. The city crash record lists unsafe speed and disregard of a traffic control among the contributing factors for the Hyundai's driver.
The Daily News reported that an NYPD spokesman said officers did not pursue Chambers after he pulled away from the stop.
The crash happened at a Crown Heights intersection.
The city record places the crash at Eastern Parkway and Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn at 2:09 a.m. on February 6, 2022; the first Daily News report said it happened at about 2:05 a.m. Reports identify the intersection as Crown Heights and describe Chambers traveling west on Eastern Parkway and the Toyota driver traveling north on Rogers Avenue.
Rollins died, and four others were injured.
Prosecutors identified the back-seat passenger as Jada Rollins, 18, and said she was taken to Kings County Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The city record reports one person killed and four injured. CBS News described the back-seat passenger as 19; the DA and other reports gave her age as 18.
Reports differed on the other Hyundai passengers' ages and injuries: the initial Daily News coverage described two male passengers as 19, while the DA later reported that a 20-year-old passenger suffered severe head trauma and that a third passenger was treated. Early reports said the 61-year-old Toyota driver was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
A guilty plea led to a prison sentence.
Chambers pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on September 9, 2023, and Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun sentenced him to three to nine years in prison, the DA's office announced November 8.