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Most of these facts have been reported before but the NTSB report puts the systems failures into a sad and worrisome summary. More than one person is to blame for the deaths and injuries.
- The driver: In ascribing blame, you have to start with Zhukovskyy, who remains in jail awaiting trial. State Police said he admitted using heroin and cocaine the day of the crash but said he was still "OK to drive." Police said tests confirmed the presence of those drugs, plus morphine and fentanyl.
- His employer: Westfield Transport hired Zhukovskyy just two days before the crash. They did not perform a background check or review his driving record before hiring him or they would been alerted to his history of drug abuse.
- The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles: About five weeks before the crash, Zhukovskyy was arrested for DUI in Connecticut. Connecticut officials notified Massachusetts both electronically and by mail, and by state law, Zhukovskyy's Massachusetts license should have been suspended. But those out-of-state reports were never acted on by the MRMV. If they had, Zhukovskyy would not have had a valid commercial driver's license to get the job at Westfield. The head of the MRMV later resigned.
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Despite violations by Westfield, the FMCSA, which regulates the industry, did not take action against the company. The NTSB found that the problem wasn't that the FMCSA didn't follow its procedures, but that its procedures were inadequate.
Just saw this in local forum
Article
Excerpt
Most of these facts have been reported before but the NTSB report puts the systems failures into a sad and worrisome summary. More than one person is to blame for the deaths and injuries.
- The driver: In ascribing blame, you have to start with Zhukovskyy, who remains in jail awaiting trial. State Police said he admitted using heroin and cocaine the day of the crash but said he was still "OK to drive." Police said tests confirmed the presence of those drugs, plus morphine and fentanyl.
- His employer: Westfield Transport hired Zhukovskyy just two days before the crash. They did not perform a background check or review his driving record before hiring him or they would been alerted to his history of drug abuse.
- The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles: About five weeks before the crash, Zhukovskyy was arrested for DUI in Connecticut. Connecticut officials notified Massachusetts both electronically and by mail, and by state law, Zhukovskyy's Massachusetts license should have been suspended. But those out-of-state reports were never acted on by the MRMV. If they had, Zhukovskyy would not have had a valid commercial driver's license to get the job at Westfield. The head of the MRMV later resigned.
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Despite violations by Westfield, the FMCSA, which regulates the industry, did not take action against the company. The NTSB found that the problem wasn't that the FMCSA didn't follow its procedures, but that its procedures were inadequate.
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