FM 2208 Crash Kills Two

High speed is blamed for the death of a Harleton man and his female Ore City passenger yesterday.

HARLETON, TX, Jan. 20, 2009 -- According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Michael Stark, 51, of Harleton was driving at an unsafe speed on FM 2208 about 6:00 p.m. yesterday when he lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle then flipped end over end, ejecting Stark before it came to a stop.

Stark and his female passenger, Lindsay Bonnette, 27, from Ore City, both died at the scene.