Villages man killed in accident on Buena Vista
 

Does anyone have information on this accident? The number to call is included at the end of the article.

Charles L. Kusiak charged with DUI/manslaughter in crash that killed passenger | Gainesville.com

That is crazy. We went by there early sunday morning and it looked like someone had a bad wreck. That is really crazy..

There is an article on it in the Daily Sun. I am pretty sure It was just south of the Springdale circle. There was a lamp post down in the median yesterday morning and they mentioned that the car ended up facing Belle MEade Circle.

Awful. Awful.

I have seen kids driving at high speeds in the daytime on the main roads here too.

Terrible.

Such a tragic loss of a young life. Seems our "lower paradise" for the 55+ is getting younger and younger. I know the "frogs" (and I'll be one soon) hate to see their "hometown" treated as a novel, vacation place and with such disrespect by young people speeding through the neighborhoods as in this case.

I'll pray for the families of both young people in this accident.

One life lost and one ruined in a second. Men are indestructable at 23 years old.

That happened right behind my parent's house. My mom heard the crash. She said the emergency vehicles were there a long time. The crash was around 2:30 am and they left around 5 am. So sad. I'll print out the article to give to them in case they have any further information for the authorities.

I wonder why he went to Leesburg Hospital instead of the Villages - if he was treated and released? Is this a reason for concern that for simple things - people do not go to the Villages Hospital?

My dad always said; "nothing good happens after 1 AM."

LOL... oh no??? Hang out with me sometime, lots of fun after 1am :pepper2:

but we're very careful about drinking and driving... :angel:

From this statement in the article, I would conclude that they took him to Leesburg Hospital because he was going to be booked in jail in Lake County:

"Kusiak, who sustained minor injuries, was taken to Leesburg Regional Medical Center. After he was treated, he was taken to the Lake County jail.

DeWeese did say that troopers felt there was enough evidence to immediately charge Kusiak."

Could be that at that time of the morning, both ER's were needed and the least injured went there (Leesburg).

The older and wiser (hopefully:)) I get, the more that saying makes sense.

Wonder why Lake County jail when the accident was on the Sumter / Marion county border.

Maybe because it was Florida Highway Patrol who investigated the accident and arrested the driver.

Thanks. Works for me!

Hey! My son was born (not conceived) an hour and 50 minutes after 1AM and I always thought that was a very good thing!

My mother always said nothing good happens after midnight.

Just what are you trying to say...........or not say???

Proving there is an exception to every rule!

I grew up in the Central Time Zone. Midnight here is 1 am in TV.

Same docs work in both. Not sure why they chose Leesburg.

Villages man killed in accident/Buena Vista
 

Pray explain... If The Vs. is senior-age restricted, how can a 23 or 22 year old be a resident. We did not move here to have drunk twenty somethings residing here endanger our lives. I have no answers. By the way, the Ocala Banner coverage of the accident was more detailed than The Sun's.... Even said driver, who survived, had NO idea who the passenger was.

Anyone notice the similarity in the two names? (Kusiak & Kokinakis) Kokinakis sounds Greek to me. I would guess they might be cousins. If they are cousins, this could cause a rift in the family. It's really sad.

This is just so very sad. My heart goes out to the families and friends of both of these young men.

Up to 20% can be under the age of 55. However, none can be under the age of 19 except as a short term visitor. I believe the 20% factor is dictated by the feds.

There is an age limit that no one under 19 may live in a home in The Villages for more than 30 days a year. A 22 year old is not restricted from living with his parents full time.

A 22 year old could live with parents or grandparents, could own or co-own a home in TV, or could own a home in one of the three "family" villages.

Could also be a renter.

family villages?

There are at least three family villages; Oak Meadows, Bison Valley, and Spring Arbor. They exist primarily for families of employees of the villages. They do not have access to all the amenities of TV.

My heart goes out to the families. Such a tragic waste.

Jblum, please, please forgive me for saying this but um... your Momma was wrong. I was born one minute after midnight.

... Oh dear, I hope she was wrong. :shocked:

Because Leesburg is the regional Trauma center. They prob life flighted him out as the hella pad is at the Marion Co. Police substation just up Buena Vista at cr42.

There are exceptions.

Jim

Why Leesburg?
 

The Villages is not a trauma hospital so auto accidents are not taken there. Besides a paramedic does not make the decision how serious an injured person is, so they are all treated as possibly serious and taken to a trauma hospital.

Last Wednesday I got a bad burn from a cooking fire. We went to The Villages hospital and I was treated very well with only a 10-20 minute or so wait. If only this sucker would heal as fast!

OH NO Sally! Prayers and hugs.

But I guess that is not much better than a drunken senior citizen flying down the mutlti-modal paths on golf carts and better yet,, driving home from the square after a few happy hour to many drinks. The age and drunk are not the concern. If you think there are no drunks here over twenty something, then you might want to rethink things. SCSO had a lady pulled over on cr-101 by crispers Saturday night doing the ole filed sobriety check,, I know she was everybit over 50, if not 60.

So get back to the issue,, not age,, but speed and drinking.

But in a way it IS a issue of age. This IS an over 55 community...not one for young people. If seniors are driving drunk it is wrong, but the community was built for THEM. Many of us came here to avoid things such as this.

the Villages Hospital is not equipped for any major traumas. Anyone I know that has been injured or extremely ill has either gone directly to Leesburg or transported from TVRH by ambulance to Leesburg.

The only problem with that way of thought is that your in Florida,, Not a Island away from everyone. Unless you lock up all the roads, you will have that happen. Now if it had been a senior citizen and the same thing would have happend, then would it of been ok????
I was replying to the Twenty Something Drunks, Does not matter where you go unless you are on a Island by yourself no way around that..

In my 30 years of being around The Villages, I have seen alot worse. The way alot of the people act around the squares and at the stores, you would think they were twenty something.. I go back to thinking about the person on the bike that got ran over and backed over and parked on. Was that alright because the person that owned the golf cart was of age to live in TV????? That is why I say the age is not relevant. Not that is not important. But dont matter if your drunk, 21 or 91. Your Drunk and no way around it ..