The number of severe injuries in accidents decreased by 12% in 2020.There were 1,591 fatal car crashes in Canada in 2020.(Editor’s note: this is a breaking story that will be updated as new information becomes available.Five Must-Know Car Accident Statistics (Editor’s Pick) The breakdown in record processing launched an investigation across the region that found state motor vehicle agencies, including in New Hampshire, routinely failed to process out-of-state notifications on a timely basis. Employees for Massachusetts’ motor vehicle agency, however, failed to process the paperwork.
Since the collision, a memorial to the ‘Fallen Seven’ has been erected in Randolph near the scene of the crash.Īt the time of the collision, Zhukovskyy’s license was supposed to be suspended following a DUI arrest in Connecticut.
One witness called during the trial described the scene of the collision as akin to a plane crash, with motorcycle parts and bodies spread across more than 200 feet of roadway. They also pointed to numerous witnesses who said they saw Zhukovskyy driving erratically before the crash. Prosecutors countered that the defendant was a “substantial factor” in the crash, telling jurors that Zhukovskyy admitted to not paying attention to the road when he reached for the drink. Zhukovskyy’s truck,” Duguay told the jury. “The predominant cause of this accident was Al Mazza driving his motorcycle drunk, not looking where he was going, losing control of his bike, before sliding into Mr.
Along with seven fatalities, another driver was seriously injured.ĭuring closing arguments Tuesday, Jay Duguay, an attorney for Zhukovskyy, said the scene of the collision was “horrific,” but pointed to Mazza’s blood alcohol level and impairment as the cause. The group had gathered in Randolph on Jfor an annual meeting, and were heading east to an American Legion Hall when the collision occurred. The Jarheads Motorcycle Club is made up of Marines and their supporters. (David Lane/The Union Leader, Pool via AP) The commercial truck driver was charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of seven motorcycle club members in a 2019 crash in Randolph, N.H. Pool, The Union Leader A member with the Jarheads motorcycle club sits in as the verdict was read in the trial of Volodymyr Zhukovskyy of West Springfield, Mass., was read at Coos County Superior Court in Lancaster, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. But after hearing testimony from multiple law enforcement officers who said they detected no impairment immediately following the crash, as well as the testimony of a lab official who reviewed an analysis of Zhukovskyy’s blood, Judge Peter Bornstein dismissed the impairment charges after the prosecution rested its case. Zhukovskyy was originally charged with negligent homicide while impaired, after he told officers he had consumed heroin and cocaine the morning of the collision. As the jury read the verdict at approximately 2:40 p.m., a courtroom camera panned to capture him breathing heavily and pointing upward. Zhukovskyy has been held in detention since the crash. Read more coverage of the motorcycle crash trial Zhukovskyy told officers following the crash he was distracted, reaching for a drink inside of the cab of his truck.ĭefense attorneys pointed to Mazza’s blood alcohol levels, which were above the legal limit, as well as an accident reconstruction report that they contend showed the collision occurred directly on the road’s center line, and that Mazza veered into the truck due to his impairment. Prosecutors argued that Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, caused the crash when his 2016 Dodge Ram 2500 veered across the road’s center line, where he struck the first motorcyclist in the pack, Albert “Woody” Mazza. Jurors in Coos County Superior Court on Tuesday delivered the unanimous verdict following a trial that stretched across three weeks. Pool, The Union Leader Volodymyr Zhukovskyy of West Springfield, Mass., reacts to the not guilty verdict at Coos County Superior Court in Lancaster, N.H., Tuesday, Aug.