Posted on 06/24/2019 10:41:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, Massachusetts driver involved in New Hampshire crash that left 7 people dead, arrested on negligent homicide charges
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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.
Joanne 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. false
Massachusetts couple Joanne and Edward Corr among 7 killed in New Hampshire motorcycle crash
Two of the seven lived in Massachusetts. The others lived in Maine and Rhode Island.
Two people from Massachusetts, Joshua Morin, 45, of Dalton, and Steve Lewis, 58, of Brimfield, were also injured in the crash. They are both expected to live.
Four people from New Hampshire and a Rhode Island man were also identified as those killed in the crash.
A GoFundMe account was started to help the families.
The motorcycle riders were struck by a pickup truck towing an empty trailer.
Coos County Attorney John McCormick said Zhukovskyy was driving a black 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck with an attached trailer designed for carrying cars. He was traveling west and the motorcyclists were traveling east on Route 2 Friday night.
Zhukovskyy, who works for Westfield Transport in Springfield, told WMUR in a telephone interview that, "It was a big tragedy” and “I’m trying to process this with my family.” 10
there are plenty of Russian ‘immigrants’ in W.MA... just sayin’..
It happened in NH.
They arrested him in MA.
He fled.
Fedzilla is likely there for more than fleeing the scene.
And many are in the car transportation business.
They undercut the price quoted by the reliable car transporters. An F350, or similar, and a trailer that can haul eight, or so, cars, and off they go.
When many people search the web for transporting cars over a long distance, especially antique/performance cars, at the lowest cost, they are exactly what you get - young eastern Europeans who only know how to get from point A to point B in the least amount of time.
If true, it could explain why there was no way for the cyclists to evade his vehicle. Whatever the cause was, the outcome was a great tragedy.
NH is a very beautiful place, and has many miles of scenic roads that are popular places to ride. Our drivers go out of our way to be extra aware of and careful around motorcycle riders at this time of year. Sadly apparently that wasn't the case for this truck driver from Massachusetts.
I imagine that the MA police went to pick him up, and they did so based on a determination that he was not in custody for the NH warrant.
Not to mention that if you’re running drugs, I’ll bet a transpo biz comes in quite handy...
Not really. He was released by the NH police and returned to his home in Massachusetts.
Subsequently NH issued a warrant once they had more fully investigated the circumstances of the crash.
The double-Y at the end of his surname suggests he’s probably Ukrainian.
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. [federal] Any person who has fled from any State to avoid prosecution for a crime or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding. 18 U.S.C. One who, having committed a crime within a jurisdiction, goes into another in order to evade the law and avoid its punishment.
If what you say were true he would be facing an extradition hearing. However, you could be right and this fugitive from justice could be on an unrelated issue altogether.
Why the hell is a car wreck becoming a federal case?
...in his residence
They searched his house in a traffic case? Must have had something to show a judge to get a search warrant?
Trailer for hauling cars, and drugs... wonder if he has organized crime connections bond jus heroin.
How could he flee, his truck was wrecked at the scene.......
...beyond just heroin.
That question seems to already have been answered.....
"He was arrested Monday morning on a fugitive from justice charge related to Friday's crash, which is standard for someone charged in a warrant in another state, Massachusetts State Police said."
West Springfield is ground zero for illegals in MA, just sayin’.
There are plenty of Russians in Eastern MA too.
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