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BACK TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE HE WILL FACE SEVEN COUNTS OF NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. THE FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE CHARGE WAS DISMISSED AFTER VOLODOYMYR ZHUKOVSKYY AGREED TO EXTRADITION BACK TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE HE WILL FACE SEVEN COUNTS OF NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A 2016 DODGE PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLISTS ON ROUTE 2 IN RANDOLPH FRIDAY EVENING. SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THREE MORE WERE HURT. >> THIS IS A REAL TRAGEDY FOR ALL FAMILIES. I READ THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS AND I DON’T KNOW MORE THAN THAT. BUT HE IS STILL INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AND I HOPE EVERYONE RESPECTS THAT. TIM: LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH. THE COOS COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST THE 23-YEAR-OLD. >> LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE CAREFULLY. STATE TROOPERS AND INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, SINCE FRIDAY WHEN THIS EVEN UNFOLDED. WE HAD PROBABLE CAUSE AND WE MADE AN ARREST. TIM: HE ALSO MADE AN APPEARANCE BACK IN 2017 ON TO DRUG CHARGES, IN WHICH HE ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS AND PAID A FINE. ZHUKOVSKYY IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN A COOS COUNTY COURTROOM TOMORROW AFTERNOON ON THE SEVENTH NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE CHAR

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The driver of a pickup truck that collided Friday night with a group of motorcyclists, killing seven people and injuring three others, has returned to New Hampshire to face negligent homicide charges.Volodoymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, faced a judge Monday afternoon in Massachusetts and waived his extradition to New Hampshire. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Coos County Superior Court in Lancaster, New Hampshire.>> Download the FREE WMUR appProsecutors said Zhukovskyy was driving a 2016 Dodge pickup truck that crashed into a group of motorcyclists on Route 2 in Randolph. Seven people were killed, and three more were hurt.Zhukovskyy was arrested at his home in Massachusetts on a fugitive from justice charge that was dismissed Monday afternoon after he agreed to extradition to New Hampshire."This is a tragedy," defense attorney Donald Frank said. "This is a real tragedy for all of those families. I read the newspaper accounts. I don't know anything more about it than that, but he is still innocent until proven guilty. I hope that everyone respects that."Local, state and federal agencies are investigating the crash. Coos County Attorney John McCormick said there was enough evidence to bring charges against Zhukovskyy."We looked at the evidence carefully," McCormick said. "State troopers and investigators have been working around the clock for the last three days since Friday when this even unfolded, and we had probable cause and we made an arrest."Prosecutors have not released the evidence that led to the charges and have filed a motion to seal the probable cause affidavit, saying the investigation is ongoing.All seven of those killed were on motorcycles, and they were all members or supporters of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club, which is made up of Marine veterans.The victims were identified as: Michael Ferazzi, 62, of ContoocookAlbert Mazza, 59, of LeeDesma Oakes, 42, of ConcordAaron Perry, 45, of Farmington Daniel Pereira, 58, of Riverside, Rhode IslandJo-Ann and Edward Corr, both 58, of Lakeville, MassachusettsTwo of the people who were injured were later released from the hospital, and the third, 45-year-old Joshua Morin of Dalton, Massachusetts, is at Maine Medical Center. Morin is listed in stable condition.>> Link: GoFundMe page to support victims' familiesNews 9 has learned that Zhukovskyy appeared in a Springfield courtroom in April 2012 on charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and speeding. The three charges were dismissed.He also made an appearance in court in 2017 on two drug charges. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine. Last month, he was arrested in Connecticut and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and drugs. According to The Associated Press, Zhukovskyy was charged in 2013 with drunken driving in Westfield, Massachusetts.