Posted on 08/10/2022 2:33:44 PM PDT by algore
The drugged-out truck driver who crossed the center line of a northern New Hampshire road, killing seven people on motorcycles, was found not guilty by a jury - a verdict that sparked 'shock' 'outrage' and 'anger' by the state's governor.
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, a Ukrainian national who now faces deportation, was acquitted on Tuesday by a jury of seven counts of negligent homicide and reckless conduct after less than three hours of deliberation following a two-week trial.
The grateful and relieved truck driver wiped away tears, kissed his finger and pointed to the sky after he was cleared.
He's been in jail since the June 21, 2019, crash in Randolph, New Hampshire, that killed seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club, including six who were former Marine Corps soldiers.
The verdict prompted outrage by the survivors of the crash, the families of the dead bikers and New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.
'The Fallen Seven did not receive justice today, and that is an absolute tragedy,' the Republican governor tweeted. 'I share the shock, outrage, and anger that so many have expressed in the three years since the seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club were taken from us.'
The father of the Albert 'Woody' Mazza Jr, 49, who was first in the convoy of bikers on the day of the crash, said he was in disbelief over the jury's decision.
Prosecutors argued that Zhukovskyy - who had taken heroin, fentanyl and cocaine earlier on the day of the crash - repeatedly swerved back and forth before the collision and told police he caused it.
Federal crash investigators found that the truck driver was impaired by drugs and had swerved into the oncoming motorcycle convoy.
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This was an open and shut case. Guilty!!!!!! Disgusting!!
honestly surprised at this, but I guess should not be
So F’d up
“killed seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club, including six who were former Marine Corps soldiers.”
Marine MC. And an effing foreigner kills Americans. I’d love to strangle every one of those anti American jurors.
How badly did the prosecution screw up to lose a slam dunk case?
He’s young enough to go fight for his country
Deport him
But Ukraine!
What the Hell?
How? How?
How can those jurors sleep at night?
i guess their pipes weren’t loud enough
Just shows some jurors are just as brain dead as some voters.
WTF,Jury of peers?
How the hell you come up with that?
Send the Ukie back...he can fight over there...
I bet every one of those silly people have a Ukraine flag icon on their social media pages.
He won’t be deported, either.
I would hope some Brothers or Family Members take it upon themselves to render Justice.
D8dnt the NTSB investigate this accident?
If so, where the heck is their report?
When they deport the SOB, I hope they throw him out of the plane in a parachute over the Russians front lines. Maybe they can do what the arsehole jury couldn’t do.
I wonder if he gets charged with civil rights violations. That seems to be the preferred “workaround” for double jeopardy.
WTbleep...
“...The board found that the fiery crash, on a rural, two-lane highway in Randolph, was probably caused by the truck crossing the road’s centerline while the driver was impaired on multiple drugs. Contributing were his trucking company’s “substantial disregard for and egregious noncompliance with safety regulations” and the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles’ failure to revoke the driver’s license after he’d had driving privileges revoked in another state...”
Wasn’t that report entered into evidence?!
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