An Indiana woman was charged with second-degree manslaughter and drunk driving after an accident Saturday that killed two prominent Bowling Green businessmen.

Cornelius Martin, 57, and Brooks Mitchell, 51, were killed and their friend Bill Leachman, 61, was seriously injured about 10:30 a.m. when the motorcyclists were struck by an oncoming truck attempting to pass another vehicle on Ky. 79 in Logan County.

A fourth rider, Lloyd Ferguson, was not injured.

The driver of the truck, identified as Mickey Mosher of Warsaw, Ind., was traveling north when she crossed into the southbound lane and hit the motorcycles, according to a report from Logan County Sheriff Wallace Whittaker.

Mosher, 54, is charged with first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

She was treated for minor injuries at Logan Memorial Hospital and then taken to the Logan County Detention Center.

&#8220I just don’t know why I was spared … maybe so I can help someone,” Ferguson said shortly afterward.

Ferguson, clearly upset, was sitting inside Ed’s Barbecue on Ky. 79 in Logan County, a few hundred feet from where the accident occurred.

Ferguson, a Bowling Green businessman, said the group was on its way to Elkton to meet a friend when the accident happened.

&#8220We were riding staggered,” he said. &#8220Bill was at the left front, I was second right, Brooks was third left and Cornelius was fourth right.”

Ferguson said he estimates they were traveling about 40 mph.

&#8220It was just a nice easy ride,” he said.

Suddenly Ferguson said he saw a truck &#8220peeking out” from oncoming traffic like it was going to pass.

&#8220It just happened so fast,” Ferguson said.

The truck, passing in a flat, straight area with a double yellow line, hit Leachman and threw him in a ditch.

&#8220It all just zoomed past me … I stopped my bike and got off,” Ferguson said. &#8220I turned around and saw the tragedy. Bill was conscious and laying in the ditch. He didn’t know what had happened.”

Cindy Holloway was outside Ed’s getting ready for a catering event when she heard what sounded like an explosion.

&#8220We jumped in the truck and went down there. … The first man … was face down on that drive, but he was already gone,” she said.

Holloway said she then saw a man, who she later learned was Leachman, raise his arm.

She went to him and stayed until emergency personnel arrived. Ferguson had already dialed 911 on his cell phone.

Leachman, owner of Leachman Buick GMC, was flown by helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he had his left leg amputated just above the knee.

Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon, a friend of Leachman, Martin and Mitchell – and neighbor to Leachman and Mitchell – was at the hospital with Leachman’s family Saturday night.

As of 7 p.m., the only person allowed to see Leachman was his wife Lisa, Buchanon said.

&#8220He is still in the trauma recovery area,” he said. &#8220They might let people back about 8:30 p.m.”

Buchanon said Leachman’s condition is serious, but stable.

He asked the community to pray for Leachman’s quick recovery and for members of the Martin, Mitchell and Leachman families.

Holloway, who said she has had some EMT training, said it appeared the helmet Leachman was wearing protected his head.

She talked with Ferguson until his friends Tommy Smith and Mike Manship, both from Bowling Green, could come to pick him up.

&#8220I just couldn’t ride my bike home,” Ferguson said.

Smith and Manship generally ride with the others.

&#8220I knew that they were riding today,” Smith said. &#8220I hadn’t decided if I was going to go. But I just got up today and decided I wasn’t going.”