WESTPHALIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities say a pilot has died after the small plane he was flying hit power lines and crashed while trying to land in mid-Michigan.
The crash was reported Thursday evening in Clinton County's Westphalia Township, about 95 miles (153 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. The sheriff's office say 69-year-old Michael Mills was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died.