A pickup truck was destroyed by fire in the driveway of a Robinson Township home Wednesday afternoon, police said. The Robinson Township Fire Department received a call of a vehicle fire around 5:45 p.m. from the owner of 9743 Peaceful Pines Drive, Township Deputy Fire Chief Kerry Boyer said. A member of the household noticed that the Ford F-150 was on fire, Boyer said. Firefighters fought the blaze for 10 minutes, Boyer said, and the pickup is a total loss.

Livingston County authorities said a 3-year-old Genoa Township girl was critically hurt when her 63-year-old grandfather accidentally ran her over with a riding lawnmower. Lt. Curt Ruf of the Brighton Area Fire Department said the man was mowing the lawn at a home in Genoa Township on Wednesday afternoon when he began backing up to make another pass. Ruf said that the girl "went out to surprise him, and he didn't see her.'

Alcohol was a factor when a young woman ran a stop sign and hit the bedroom wall of an Ottawa County couple's home, said Sgt. Brian Buter of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. The accident happened around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 5200 block of Eighth Avenue in Georgetown Township. The woman was driving a 2005 Chevy Equinox west on Barry Street when she failed to stop at the intersection where Barry ends at Eighth Avenue, Buter said. The woman, who is in her 20s, drove the sport utility vehicle across the lawn of a home and the SUV hit the bedroom wall.