ST. CHARLES STUDENT DIES IN MICHIGAN PLANE CRASH
On January 17, 2010, two students attending Hope College in Holland, Michigan were killed shortly after take-off of a small single-engine airplane. One of the deceased is a 20-year-old student from St. Charles and the pilot was a Kenyan student.
The plane had disappeared from radar after going over the Saugatuck area in Allegan County and then went down in a soybean field.
An investigation into the crash is underway.