SMITHFIELD — A Johnston County jury on June 30 found Seydina Ousmane Ndiaye guilty of second-degree murder in a 2023 crash that killed a man on U.S. 70 Business in Clayton.
The jury also found Ndiaye guilty of felony death by vehicle and driving while his license was revoked for driving while impaired.
The charges stemmed from a wreck on March 13, 2023, when Ndiaye, driving eastbound, veered out of his lane and struck Yuri Vakhniak, who was loading vehicles onto a trailer on the shoulder of the road. Vakhniak died from his injuries…