Speed Blamed In Crash That Killed West Johnston Student

A West Johnston High student died in a high speed car crash Sunday night. The victim, Luqman Izzudeen Boyd, 16, of Willow Springs was traveling at an estimated speed of 75mph, the NC Highway Patrol said, when he ran off Sanders Road , and overturned several times in his 2000 Saturn passenger car. Boyd was ejected. He died a short time after arriving at the hospital. Sgt. Clark White said Boyd was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the single car accident. In August 2006, two West Johnston students died in an accident on Raleigh Road . Earlier this month, on April 5, a Princeton High student was killed in a crash on Highway 70.