Truck driver involved in fatal crash on Cross Bronx Expressway charged

Police have arrested a driver involved in a fiery chain crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway that killed a special education teacher, police said Tuesday.

Abdullah Bruce, 43, was handcuffed and charged with aggravated driving without a license and driving without a license following a November 29 accident, according to police.

Bruce, of Petersburg, Virginia, was driving a mail truck down a westbound traffic lane near the University Avenue flyover in the Bronx when 49-year-old Shelley Wilsent crashed into it from behind around 12:24 a.m., police said.

Moments later, the 53-year-old driver of another tractor-trailer crashed into the back of Wilcent’s Range Rover, sending the woman and her car under Bruce’s truck, police said.

According to police, the SUV rolled over in the process and caused an explosion that engulfed all three vehicles and killed Wilcent.

Bruce and the other truck driver were unharmed and remained at the scene.

The woman was a mother of four who not only worked as a special education teacher, but also volunteered and organized fundraisers for those in need, Daily News reported at the time of the accident.

She lived in Bayonne.