RANDOLPH — The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that the fatal collision that killed seven motorcyclists in Randolph in June 2019 was caused by the impairment of truck driver, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy. But the board also found multiple failures of federal and state systems put in place to protect motorists and a disregard for safety by the trucking company contributed to the crash.
“This horrific crash was avoidable at many levels,” said NTSB Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt. “The pickup truck driver was impaired from the use of multiple drugs. The motor carrier had an egregious disregard for safety and the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles failed to suspend the driver’s license for an offense in Connecticut. There are systems to catch these things and they all failed.”
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