CORRECTS TO SPRINGFIELD NOT HAMPTON DISTRICT COURT - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, stands during his arraignment in Springfield District Court, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Springfield, Mass. Zhukovskyy, the driver of a truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists, was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP, Pool)
CORRECTS TO SPRINGFIELD NOT HAMPTON DISTRICT COURT - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, stands during his arraignment in Springfield District Court, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Springfield, Mass. Zhukovskyy, the driver of a truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists, was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP, Pool) Credit: Don Treeger

RandolphAudit shows why crash suspect’s license not revoked earlier

A new audit finds that a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles employee missed an opportunity to revoke the license of the driver accused in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists because he did not know how to add convictions to driving records.

The finding was revealed Friday in a preliminary report examining why Massachusetts failed to sanction Volodymyr Zhukovskyy after being notified of his May drunken driving arrest in Connecticut.

A firm hired to investigate found that an RMV employee briefly reviewed the notification from Connecticut but did not change Zhukovskyy’s record. It says the worker wasn’t trained to add convictions and didn’t bring the case to anyone else’s attention.

Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, Mass., has pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide in the June crash that killed the seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire.

Associated Press