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The truck driver involved in the crash, 23-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of negligent homicide.
5 Investigates reported that Zhukovskyy has a history of driving under the influence charges and license suspensions. He was involved in a rollover crash in Texas just weeks ago, according to 5 Investigates.
According to Pollack, the Massachusetts RMV did not act on information provided by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles regarding a May 11 incident that should have triggered the termination of Zhukovskyy's commercial driver's license.
Former MassDOT Chief Operating Officer Jamey Tesler will take over as acting registrar of the RMV. Pollack said Tesler will lead an in-depth review of the Registry's state-to-state data sharing processes to ensure the RMV acts as quickly as possible on any information shared by other states.
“The loss of life in any motor vehicle crash is a terrible tragedy and the massive toll this crash is taking on the families of the seven individuals who lost their lives, many of whom served this country, is impossible to comprehend," Pollack said in a statement. "The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has a responsibility to enforce the laws governing safe operation of vehicles and carries out its mission to the best of its abilities."
Zhukovskyy received a Massachusetts personal driving license on April 25, 2013, and received a Class A license, or CDL, on Aug. 3, 2018.
His driving record includes a violation for operating under the influence of liquor on June 26, 2013, and a disposition for that violation on June 16, 2013. He served suspensions and attended education classes for this violation, including a youth alcohol program, since he was under the age of 21 at the time.
Zhukovvsyy's driving history did not have the number and type of violations that would have disqualified him under state and federal law from obtaining a Massachusetts CDL in August 2018.
On May 11, 2019, Zhukovskyy received violations for an alleged OUI incident and refusing a chemical test in East Windsor, Connecticut.
When an incident occurs out of state, that state provides information to the Massachusetts RMV to trigger a series of state and federal guidelines regarding license suspensions or revocations for various types of licenses.
The refusal of a chemical test results in the automatic termination of the CDL. The OUI incident would automatically trigger a seven-day notification process for suspension of his noncommercial license, in accordance with Massachusetts law.
To the Massachusetts RMV's knowledge, the Connecticut DMV failed to provide sufficient information through the federal CDL system upon his OUI offense on May 11 and refusal of a chemical test for the violations to automatically apply to his Massachusetts driving record. A notification from the federal CDL system would have resulted in an immediate termination of his CDL.
On May 29, the Connecticut DMV sent a message to the Massachusetts RMV through the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the state-to-state messaging system for registries, regarding Zhukovvskyy's OUI on May 11. The message did not contain sufficient information to automatically input his OUI into his Massachusetts driving record, and therefore, did not automatically trigger the seven-day notification process for his noncommercial license suspension in accordance with Massachusetts law.
While the Massachusetts RMV system could not automatically process the message, it generated a notification for manual review. The manual review had not been performed by RMV personnel as of June 23, which is why the May 11 chemical test refusal does not appear on Zhukovskyy's driving record and why his license had not been suspended in Massachusetts.