A 14-year-old girl died Sunday morning when the car she was riding in was struck by a car trying to swerve out of the way of another accident. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department said the crash happened on 30th Street, south of 122nd Avenue, in Allegan Township.

Authorities said a small plane clipped a FedEx semitrailer and crashed along U.S. 131 near a small airport in Allegan County this morning, killing the pilot. The crash happened near the Plainwell Municipal Airport, about 35 miles south of Grand Rapids. State police said 73-year-old William Frank Beswick of Holland died in the crash. Paul Brindley, who runs the airfield, told the Kalamazoo Gazette a wing of the plane clipped the trailer of a northbound semi as the plane was landing. Brindley said the pilot, the only one on board, was flying from the Holland area.

Authorities said a man charged in a rape investigation in Michigan has been captured in western New York. The Ontario County Sheriff's Department said deputies were tipped off that 42-year-old Timothy Seeman of Manton, Mich., was working at construction project and staying at a motel in Hopewell, 30 miles southeast of Rochester. Officials said Seeman attempted to flee on foot when he was located around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, but was quickly apprehended by deputies. He was charged with being a fugitive from justice and sent to Ontario County Jail without bail.

A Muskegon man is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7 in connection with the break-in of a Spring Lake Township home, where he also allegedly assaulted the female occupant. William Henry Nelson, 22, pleaded no contest to three of the four charges when arraigned Monday in Ottawa County Circuit Court. He will be sentenced on charges of first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and larceny in a building. Nelson entered a not-guilty plea on an aggravated stalking charge.

Dozens of firefighters from four townships spent the night battling a warehouse fire in Byron Center. The fire broke out at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Air Technologies, located in the 100 block of 84th Street S.W. The business makes air and gas compressors. Dispatchers said crews at the scene reported flames coming through the roof of the building. Early this morning, Kent County deputies closed off 84th Street near South Division Avenue to give firefighters space to deploy around the fire. The street was re-opened around 6 a.m.

The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department has connected some juveniles with a series of thefts from motor vehicles in Holland and Park townships, said Sgt. Brent Converse of the Holland/Park Township Community Policing Unit. Some stolen merchandise has been returned to its owners, Converse said. Police also have some items - such as glasses, sunglasses, jewelry and shoes - that were not reported stolen. Anyone who may be missing these items is asked to contact the Sheriff's Department and file a report.

One person suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle accident late Monday morning on northbound U.S. 31, just south of the drawbridge, said Lt. Renee Freeman of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. The female passenger of one of the cars was taken by ambulance to North Ottawa Community Hospital. No information was available on her condition.