A truck driver faces charges after a fatal Crown Heights crash.
Truck driver David Chacha hit a 75-year-old woman in a Crown Heights crosswalk, ABC7 reported, in a fatal crash the city record places at Utica Avenue and St. Johns Place at 2:03 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2022.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A driver in a northbound flatbed truck hit a 75-year-old woman crossing in the crosswalk at Utica Avenue and St. Johns Place in Crown Heights, amNewYork reported. ABC7 identified the woman as Amelia Grant and the driver as David Chacha, 41. The city record dates the crash to Dec. 28, 2022, at 2:03 p.m. Reports differed about what happened next: amNewYork said the driver remained at the scene, while ABC7 reported that no stop was made initially, then Chacha returned and was taken into custody. ABC7 reported Chacha was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation; CBS said the driver faced charges for driving with a suspended license. News reports said Grant was pronounced dead at the scene.
A pedestrian died in the collision.
amNewYork reported that a driver in a northbound flatbed truck hit a woman crossing in the crosswalk at Utica Avenue and St. Johns Place. ABC7 identified her as Amelia Grant, 75. The official record counts one pedestrian death and no injuries.
At Utica Avenue and St. Johns Place.
The official record places the crash at Utica Avenue and Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn at 2:03 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2022. CBS and ABC7 locate the intersection in Crown Heights.
The people involved.
ABC7 identified the woman who died as Amelia Grant and the truck driver as David Chacha, 41.
A northbound flatbed truck.
The official record classifies the vehicle as a flat bed. amNewYork described it as a flatbed truck and reported that its driver was heading north on Utica Avenue.
Reports differed about what happened next.
amNewYork reported that the driver remained at the scene and that no arrests had been made at the time. ABC7 reported that no stop was made initially, then Chacha returned and was taken into custody.
ABC7 reported Chacha was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle. CBS said the driver faced charges for driving with a suspended license. News reports said Grant was pronounced dead at the scene.