Four teenage boys were killed in a high-speed early-morning crash near Interstate 95 in North Carolina on Monday.
The victims were identified as driver Alan Lee Lockamy, 17, Freddy Seras, 17, Christopher Wayne Jackson, 17, and Semaj Jejai Williams, 16, a representative for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol told PEOPLE in a statement.
Authorities explained that Lockamy was spotted driving a Kia Soul at 2:39 a.m. local time on I-95 in Johnston County when a trooper clocked the car doing 104 mph.
While they tried to catch up to the vehicle, troopers were unable to do so. Authorities noted that minutes later, the car crashed after exiting the interstate, running off the road and hitting a group of trees.
Lockamy and front-seat passenger Seras were trapped in the car, while backseat passengers Jackson and Williams were ejected from the vehicle.
The young men were current or former students at Smithfield-Selma High School in Smithfield, per ABC affiliate WTVD.
Lockamy’s grandmother, Kathy Lockamy, told local outlet WRAL that her grandson “was just a typical 17-year-old teenager” who “had lots of friends, family that all loved him.”
“He wasn’t supposed to be out,” she said. “The last thing I told him before I went to bed was I loved him, and don’t leave the house. He didn’t listen very well.”
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While I think it’s horrible to say things like no great loss, I also think parents need to raise their kids better. I would guess this kid was a little wild and hasn’t listen to to whoever was raising him in many years if ever. Most parents would take a car away if their teenager wasn’t following rules. Parents don’t have kids you aren’t going to put the effort into to make them responsible adults, do your job. Most parents these days are lazy or too busy to enforce rules and this is what happens.
Oh well! Self inflicted death!
No great loss. Sorry!