Temperance man dies in crash by ski resort

2/10/2006

CADILLAC, Mich. - A 54-year-old Temperance man was killed Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash near the Caberfae Ski Resort in northern Michigan, the Wexford County Sheriff's Office said.

John Bays of Winding Way, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said.

Mr. Bays was pulling a trailer with snowmobiles on an unimproved road near the resort area about 2:10 p.m., when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, deputies said.

The resort is about 18 miles west of Cadillac.