TIGER MIKE UPDATE ON TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORCYCLES

Hello, Friends--
Here's an article from the August 31 edition of the Tulsa World about an Oklahoma rider killed by the Delaware County Commissioner--I'll provide more information as I get it. Please remember another innocent member of our Motorcycling Family in your thoughts and prayers--this is another victim of a Jaggers' Law-type wreck who deserves Justice. Have a good weekend, and be careful out there.
Yours in Freedom,
Tiger Mike
P.S. For those not aware, the motorist who killed the three CMA motorcyclists near Ratliff City, OK last month in a head-on wreck has been charged with Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Vehicular Homicide, and Fatality DUI. Once again, our Community is victimized by an irresponsible drunk driver--I hope this person receives the Full Penalty of Law! TM

Another D.A. might probe fatal collision
8/31/2007

GROVE -- The Delaware County district attorney has recused his office from investigating a fatal traffic accident that allegedly was caused by a county commissioner's failure to yield, officials said.

Prosecutor Eddie Wyant has asked that Gene Haynes, the district attorney for Craig, Mayes and Rogers counties, be assigned to investigate whether charges should be filed in the crash involving Delaware County Commissioner Kenneth Crowder and motorcyclist James Levy Black, who was killed.

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Black, 49, of Jay was traveling north on Oklahoma 10 when a pickup driven by Crowder, 60, of Grove pulled into his path about 5:40 a.m. Aug. 24.

Black was thrown from his motorcycle and pinned under the pickup for about 20 minutes.

He had multiple injuries, the OHP said, and was taken by helicopter to a Joplin, Mo., hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The OHP reported that Crowder pulled from a side road onto the highway from the west, into Black's path. The cause of the accident was Crowder's "failure to yield right-of-way," the OHP reported.

Crowder, who was not injured, was not

issued any citations, nor arrested. An OHP spokesman would not say whether he was tested for alcohol or drug use.

Haynes said Thursday that he has not been notified by the state Attorney General's Office that he is to handle the investigation.

Several attempts to contact Crowder by phone this week have been unsuccessful.

Delaware County Commission Chairman Dave Kendrick said Crowder was not taking calls except from his preacher.

"I just know he feels very badly about the accident," Kendrick said. "Crowder phoned me a few hours after the accident, informing me what had happened.

"He just kept repeating, 'Oh, God, let this man be OK. I just hope he's all right,' " Kendrick said. "I don't know what he was doing that early in the morning."

He said Crowder did not attend Monday's commission meeting but has reported to work this week.

Wyant said he wasn't sure whether Crowder would be charged.

"The worst charge I could see being filed . . . would be negligent homicide," he said, "which is a misdemeanor."