MOTORCYCLE: Crash hurts Mich. man

August 9, 2012

Post & Mail photo / Nicole Ott: Parkview’s Samaritan Helicopter lifts off of Ind. 9 Wednesday after a motorcyclist was severely injured in the area of CR 1000 S. Left, Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputies Jason Spencer and Tony Helfrich investigate the scene while Washington Township Firemen and paramedics clean up the scene.

COLUMBIA CITY — A Michigan man was severely injured Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident.
Michael Plumley, 62, was airlifted to Fort Wayne by Parkview Samaritan with severe head and internal injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car on Ind. 9 near the south county line.
Police were called to the area of 1000 S. Ind. 9 at approximately 5 p.m. after Plumley’s motorcycle hit a car driven by Denise Brewster, 62, of Huntington.
According to a crash report by Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Helfrich, both Plumley and Brewster were southbound on Ind. 9, when Plumley attempted to pass Brewster.
Brewster was making a left-hand turn, colliding with Plumley and ejecting him from his motorcycle.