An investigation continues into a motorcycle crash Sunday that killed an Onsted man and seriously injured his wife.
Darren Lee Owens, 50, was pronounced dead at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo after the motorcycle he was driving west on U.S. 12 near Brix Highway crashed at 2:15 p.m., Cambridge Township Police Chief Larry Wibbeler said today.
Wibbeler said two westbound cars were stopped on U.S. 12 waiting to turn left onto Brix Highway when Owens came up from behind, but was unable to stop in an assured clear distance. He laid his cycle down and skidded past the two cars without hitting them.
Owens and his wife and passenger, Bonnie Owens, 49, were taken by medical helicopter to Mercy St. Vincent. Bonnie Owens was in stable condition today, Wibbeler said.
Both were wearing helmets, Wibbeler said. Neither speed nor alcohol are suspected as factors at this time, he said.
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Darren served as the lead project manager for Consumers Energy's Lake Winds Energy Refinery (Park) currently being constructed in southern Mason County. White Construction Project Manager Rex Roberts said "Bad things aren't supposed to happen to good people, and he was a good person."
I wish to extend my deepest sympathy to his wife, and hope she has a speedy recovery. But is this just the beginning of what might be called the "Curse of the Lake Winds"?
This project was developed over a period of years before the general public was informed of it. Agreements with gag orders were made, zoning policy was passed in the background, and backroom deals went on. Many people in Riverton and Summit Townships had no say in the whole deal, and now have to live with what Consumer's Energy, County Officials, and selfish neighbors have foisted on them, whether they like them or not.
Such energies have a way of taking on a life of their own; the despair and anger of the disenfranchised landowners combine with the the greed and the cheating of the others. If you believe in the concept of karma, you just may think there's some going on here, and more to come.
After all, the County Commissioner elections are less than a week away and it is likely that several of those who are running are going to lose their $1000 a meeting job as a result of their actions in not vetting the whole process and talking with their constituents. And so we may just have a slew of political deaths next week, all from ...
THE CURSE OF THE LAKE WINDS ENERGY REFINERY
