A law enforcement official at the Swan Creek Boat Club after a driver crashed a vehicle through a building where a children's birthday party was taking place. Photo / AP
A young brother and sister died and several people were injured, some of them seriously, when a vehicle crashed into a young child’s birthday party today NZT at a Michigan boat club.
An 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother died at the scene in the crash, when a
66-year-old woman, suspected of drink driving, crashed 7.6m into the building at about 3pm local time at the Swan Creek Boat Club in Berlin Township, about 50km south of Detroit, Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough said.
“The scene was described by the first responders as extremely chaotic, with high level of emotions of those directly involved and those who witnessed this horrific incident,” he said.
Three children and six adults were taken to area hospitals by two helicopters or ambulances, with life-threatening injuries, he said. Others injured were given first aid at the scene, and some of them were taken to hospitals by private vehicles.
