The pickup truck driver has been arrested on 7 counts of negligent homicide. Few details about the accident, though,
For some reason I live just off a highway which is really heavily traveled by motorcycles. There will often be 20-30 or even more.
I have noticed that they tend to spread out probably for safety. Maybe 40-50 yards apart.
By Scott J. Croteau | scroteau@masslive.com
The driver involved in a New Hampshire crash that left seven motorcycle riders dead was arrested at his Massachusetts home Monday.
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, was arrested on a fugitive from justice charge by Massachusetts State Police troopers at 90 Newbridge St. in West Springfield, according to New Hampshire authorities.
An arrest warrant was issued in New Hampshire Monday, charging Zhukovskyy with seven counts of negligent homicide.
The charges are in connection with the horrific crash Friday in Randolph, New Hampshire.
Massachusetts State Police said troopers also “located in the defendant’s residence wax packets containing a residue suspected of being heroin.”
He has not been charged with a drug offense at this time, but authorities will test the residue at the State Crime Lab, state police said.
If the residue tests positive for drugs, Zhukovskyy will face charges, state police said.
A husband and wife from Lakeville, Massachusetts, were among the seven people killed in the Friday night crash.
Jo-Ann and Edward Corr, both 58, of Lakeville, who were riding together on one bike died in the crash that took the lives of seven members of the Jarheads MC, a motorcycle club made up of U.S. Marine Corps veterans and their spouses, said Jane Young, New Hampshire Deputy Attorney General. ...”
RIP.
Man this brings back a horrible memory.
Had a friend who’s brother and wife were riding up in New Hampshire one weekend and a driver pulled out of a side road right in front of them. His wife was killed instantly and he was busted up real bad. Compound fractures and such.
5 years after the accident he came down with a systemic infection that was traceable to his fractures not being cleaned well enough. He had IV antibio treatment for 2 weeks.
Connecticut prosecutors say he was arrested May 11 in an East Windsor Walmart parking lot after failing a sobriety test. Officers had responded to a complaint about a man who was revving his truck engine and jumping up and down outside the vehicle.
Additionally, Zhukovskyy was arrested on a drunken driving charge in 2013 in Westfield, Massachusetts, state motor vehicle records show. He was placed on probation for one year and had his license suspended for 210 days, The Westfield News reported.
So sad, should never have happened. And yet, somehow, I think this will also go down the memory hole.
This is so sad...