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Anderson Lawyer, Robert Cowles, Dies of Motorcycle Accident Injuries

Posted on Nov 03, 2008

Anderson lawyer Robert Cowles, 53, died around 4:30 a.m. Sunday from injuries suffered during a motorcycle accident in Lapel. His wife, Sally Cowles, was riding the motorcycle with him and remained in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She is in stable condition after undergoing surgery.

The accident occurred at 6:01 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2008, as the Cowleses were headed south on Indiana 13 near Exit 14 at Interstate 69. A vehicle in front of them turned right onto the interstate. At the same time, an oncoming 2005 Chevy Equinox driven by Angela Acker of Pendleton was turning left onto the same ramp and did not see the 1979 Harley-Davidson approaching. As Ackers was coming north, her plans were to make a left turn onto the interstate. She observed the oncoming vehicle but she did not see the motorcycle behind that vehicle. Acker’s vehicle crossed the center line into the path of the Cowleses when the collision occurred.

According to emergency personnel, Robert Cowles was conscious at the scene of the accident when they arrived and he was even able to tell hospital officials his name after being taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis by helicopter. Sally Cowles, however, was unconscious at the scene of the accident and remained in critical condition until going into surgery Sunday afternoon. After the surgery, her condition improved but she remained in the intensive care unit.

Marion County Deputy Coroner William Arnold ruled that Cowles’ cause of death was blunt force trauma and loss of blood.

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