Ruling Issued On Volodymyr Zhukovskyy's Driving Privilege Suspension Period

CONCORD, N.H. – The New Hampshire Department of Safety is providing an update regarding the administrative hearing process involving respondent Volodymyr Zhukovskyy.

In a written order issued today, July 10, 2024, Administrative Law Judge Ryan N. McFarland, Esq., of the Bureau of Hearings, ruled Zhukovskyy’s driving privileges in New Hampshire will be suspended for a period of seven years, effective June 24, 2019. A seven-year suspension is the maximum permitted under the applicable New Hampshire statute.

The ruling concludes an administrative hearing process that began May 8, at the request of Zhukovskyy, regarding a complaint filed by the State alleging Zhukovskyy drove in an unlawful or reckless manner on June 21, 2019, materially contributing to a fatal crash involving seven motorcyclists on Route 2 in Randolph.

In a previous order issued Thursday, May 30, 2024, Administrative Law Judge McFarland upheld the State’s complaint, finding Zhukovskyy drove in an unlawful manner and materially contributed to the June 2019 crash which resulted in the deaths of Albert Mazza, Daniel Pereira, Michael Ferazzi, Aaron Perry, Desma Oakes, Edward Corr and Jo-Ann Corr died as a result of the crash.

The Department will have no further comment on this matter.