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One person is dead and another was airlifted to an area hospital after a crash in Bridgewater Township Friday evening.,
The Clinton Fire Department was dispatched to US-12 and Willow Road for a motor vehicle crash at 7:38 p.m. At 7:58 p.m., they requested assistance from the Saline Area Fire Department with the jaws of life and additional manpower. Dispatches told Saline firefighters it was a three-vehicle crash, and that one person was already dead, another had been ejected and another was pinned in a vehicle. Survival Flight had been called by about 8 a.m. to airlift the person who was pinned in the vehicle.
Firefighters had successfully extricated the person from the vehicle by 8:11 p.m. By 8:24 p.m., the person was loaded onto Survival Flight. Saline firefighters were released from the scene at 8:38 p.m.
Partly Cloudy , with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees. Sunny in the morning, overcast in the afternoon and evening, clear overnight.
I have to commend the Saline City manager and engineer for keeping their cool and for their professionalism during the three hour Mill Pond Dam town hall meeting.
I think what's insulting is that the city is bloating the numbers to bolster their case.
Logically, the dam has no practical use. Of course, it's going to cost more. Of course, there's a level of risk there. Of course, over some period of time, it's going to cost more to maintain than a stream.
Life cycle cost analysis is certainly appropriate when considering new assets, but it may not be as appropriate when evaluating existing assets.