Unlicensed Truck Driver Arrested After Fatal Crown Heights Crash: NYPD

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The truck driver who fatally struck a 75-year-old Crown Heights woman Wednesday has been arrested for driving without a license, police said.

David Chacha, 41, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after the fatal crash Wednesday afternoon claimed the life of Amelia Grant, 75, police said Thursday.

Chacha was driving a 2019 Kenworth flatbed truck northbound on Utica Avenue near St. Johns Place when he struck Grant as she tried to cross the street, police said.

First responders found her lying in the road with trauma to her head and body and declared Grant dead at the scene, officials said.

Grant was only two blocks from her home when she was killed, according to police.

According to photos from the scene by a freelance reporter, the truck Chacha was driving is owned by Kingsland Block & Masonry.

A person who answered the phone at the company Wednesday confirmed that one of its trucks was involved in an accident.

The truck has six tickets for non-moving violations according to HowsMyDriving.nyc, totaling just under $600 in fines, including one for a missing license plate, a condition that remains according to a tweet from the on-scene reporter.

The investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad.