Published Friday, August 03, 2012

Man killed, woman critical after motorcycle crash Thursday night

By JOHN A. WINTERS

john@newnan.com

A man was killed and a woman was in an area hospital in critical condition after a single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Coweta County Thursday night.

The accident happened around 8:15 p.m. on Old Corinth Road near Midland Drive, according to Mitch Coggin, assistant chief with the Coweta County Fire Department.

"Fire department units arrived on scene to find a single motorcycle accident with two occupants," Coggin siad. "A female was in critical condition and was transported by ground ambulance to Atlanta Medical Center. A male occupant was deceased on scene."

The names of the victims had not yet been released.

More details of this motorcycle accident to come in Saturday's print and digital editions of The Newnan Times-Herald.