LANCASTER — The trial of Volodymyr Zhukovskyy for the fatal collision that killed seven motorcyclists has been continued for five months.
Just two weeks before the trial was set to get underway on Nov. 29 in Coos Superior Court, Justice Peter Bornstein on Wednesday granted a defense motion to move the trial to an undetermined date in March.
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