Young Brother and Sister Dead, Several Hurt When Vehicle Crashes Into Michigan Birthday Party

Young Brother and Sister Dead, Several Hurt When Vehicle Crashes Into Michigan Birthday Party
A law enforcement official monitors the perimeter of the Swan Creek Boat Club after a driver crashed a vehicle through a building where a children's birthday party was taking place in Berlin Township, Mich., on April 20, 2024. Kathleen Kildee/Detroit News via AP
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BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A young brother and sister died and several people were injured, some of them seriously, when a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a young child’s birthday party Saturday at a boat club, a Michigan sheriff said.

An 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother died at the scene in the crash, when a 66-year-old woman drove 25 feet into the building about 3 p.m. at the Swan Creek Boat Club in Berlin Township, about 30 miles south of Detroit, Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough said.