Daniel Desroche, 54, of Methuen, will be arraigned Wednesday morning in Cambridge District Court in connection with an Oct. 5 crash that killed a woman in Cambridgeport.

According to a press release issued Tuesday night by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Desroche is charged with one count of negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Jie Zhao, 27, of Cambridge was named as the victim in the crash.

On Oct. 5, at approximately 6:45 p.m., Desroche was driving a commercial dump truck down Putnam Avenue towards Newton Street. Just past the intersection of Magazine Street, in an apparent attempt to turn right onto Magazine Street, he began to back up the vehicle. The rear of the dump truck then struck Zhao, the release stated. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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