Trucker acquitted of all charges in head-on crash that killed seven bikers.
Zhukovskyy, a 26-year-old Ukrainian national, was found not guilty on seven counts of manslaughter, seven counts of negligent homicide and one count of reckless conduct in connection with the June 21, 2019 wreck in Randolph, New Hampshire.
A group of motorcyclists belonging to the Jarheads Motorcycle Club were riding on Route 2, a two-lane roadway in the northern part of the state, when Zhukovskyy weaved into the oncoming lane in his 2016 Ram 2500 pickup that was towing a trailer, witnesses said. Seven people, ages ranging from 42 to 62, were killed in the crash. Six of them were ex-Marines.back in 2020 revealed Zhukovskyy was impaired by several drugs on the day of the incident, including heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
Zhukovskyy's lawyer, public defender Jay Duguay, placed the blame on the group's lead biker, Albert “Woody” Mazza Jr., claiming he was drunk at the time of the crash and not paying attention to where he was going before losing control and crashing into Zhukovskyy's truck, the“Killing seven people and he gets off. That is unbelievable,” Mazza's father, also named Albert, told the. “There are seven people dead. There are seven families affected.
Zhukovskyy has remained in jail since the incident occurred. He's currently in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending an appearance before an immigration judge, a Homeland Security spokesperson told“Our hearts go out to the victims and their families,” New Hampshire attorney general John Formella said in a statement. “We thank the court and the jurors for their service, and while we are extremely disappointed, we respect the verdict and our system of justice.
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