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West Georgia student killed in wreck

By David Markiewicz
Feb 21, 2011

A West Georgia Technical College student was killed in a wreck in Douglas County on Sunday morning, wsbtv.com reports.

Courtney Shipp, a 24-year-old student from Villa Rica, was killed when the car she was riding in went off Berea Road and crashed around 2 a.m., Georgia State Patrol spokesman Paul Cosper told the AJC.

The driver, Joshua Allen Garrison, 25, of Villa Rica, drove off the road, over corrected, crossed the center line and hit a tree. Garrison was listed in serious condition at Atlanta Medical Center.

Charges are pending, but Cosper said investigators will wait until Garrison's condition improves before filing charges.

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