College student killed in wreck on way to best friend’s funeral

Malik Cooper (left) was killed in a car wreck on his way to Marquez Montgomery’s funeral. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

Malik Cooper (left) was killed in a car wreck on his way to Marquez Montgomery’s funeral. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

A college student on the way home for his best friend’s funeral was killed in a car wreck.

Malik Cooper, a 20-year-old business student at Tuskegee University in Alabama, was driving to Atlanta when his car left the wet road and crashed, according to Channel 2 Action News.

Cooper, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, died from his injuries.

He was headed to the funeral of Marquez Montgomery, a sophomore football player at Mays High School who was shot in the head and killed Nov. 28.

The funeral was Monday.

Dontavious Montgomery, a cousin, was charged with murder in connection with the 15-year-old’s death.

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Cooper planned to be a pallbearer at Montgomery’s funeral.

His mother, Bridget Grimes, told Channel 2 the last thing she said to her son was not to say goodbye on the phone.

“I said, ‘Please don’t tell me bye bye.’ I said, ‘Tell me you will see me later.’ He said, ‘Yo, I will see you later, Momma.’ I said, ‘OK, baby.’ And that’s the last time I talked to him.”