Report: Massachusetts failing to suspend drivers licenses

BOSTON (AP) — An investigation into how a man charged in the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire kept his license despite facing drunken driving charges found that Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles workers responsible for processing out-of-state notifications about driving offenses had been sorting them into bins and storing them.

That's according to an interim report released Monday by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation sparked by the deaths in New Hampshire. The report found the practice began in March, 2018.

A review of the records in the past five days resulted in license suspensions against more than 500 Massachusetts drivers.

The report found Connecticut twice alerted Massachusetts about a drunken driving arrest against 23-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy.

Despite the alerts, Massachusetts failed to suspend Zhukovskyy's license. He pleaded not guilty to seven counts of negligent homicide.