Truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy faces negligent homicide and other charges in connection with a deadly crash in Randolph, N.H., on June 21, 2019. Zhukovskyy had taken heroin, fentanyl and cocaine that day, but defense attorneys are arguing that the lead biker also had an unsafe blood-alcohol level.
A forensic toxicologist testified Monday that blood drawn from a truck driver 2 hours after he was in a deadly collision with 7 motorcyclists in 2019 showed the presence of a substance made when the body breaks down heroin.
The metabolite, referred to as "6-MAM," is unique to heroin and was found in the driver's blood below "below the reporting limit," the concentration of.