Roswell Student Michael Boshell Mourned After Fatal Wreck

Roswell High School students are mourning the death of a 17-year-old student who was killed early Sunday when the car he was driving collided with a parked truck on a neighborhood street.

Michael Boshell died instantly during the 3:30 a.m. crash on Oak Haven Drive in the Bookfield West subdivision. Zaman Khalikyar, Derek Pietro and Richie Holtzman, all 17, also were injured, police said. Pietro, who was sitting behind the driver, remains in serious condition with head injuries at North Fulton Regional Hospital, authorities said.

Investigators said Boshell was driving the 1991 Nissan 300 ZX when the car, which was owned by Khalikyar, when it struck a parked U-Haul truck. Police said the car was traveling over 70 miles-per-hour on a street where the speed limit is 25 in the moments before the crash.

Boshell enjoyed playing football and wrestling. School Principal Edward Spurka told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the boy would be missed.

"He was a good student, and well-liked by his friends and teachers," Spurka said.

A crisis team was present on school grounds Monday to provide grief counseling.

"I feel really badly for them," student Kimberly McCoy said Monday. "They're living the consequences for the rest of their life for the choices they made to drive so fast in the neighborhood."