LANCASTER — Members of the Jarhead Motorcycle Club testified in Coos Superior Court Wednesday about the horrific crash that left seven members of the club dead three years ago on Route 2 in Randolph.
The second day of the trial of Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 27, of West Springfield, Mass., centered on testimony by four surviving members of the motorcycle club about the collision and the accident scene.
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