BREAKING: Drunk driver crashes into children’s birthday party in Monroe County, Michigan, killing at least 2 children. 13 injured pic.twitter.com/0zTzyPGGJB
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Two young siblings were killed and 13 other people were injured when a suspected drunk driver plowed through a children’s birthday at a Michigan boat club Saturday.
The horror unfolded around 3 p.m. when a 66-year-old woman crashed 25 feet through the Swan Creek Boat Club, where the kids and their parents were enjoying the festivities, 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.
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An alarming video shows the woman’s blue SUV speeding through the club’s parking lot and smashing into the back wall of the building, narrowly missing a lamp post.
A plume of debris can be seen exploding out of the corner of the frame, cutting off the catastrophic damage the allegedly drunken woman caused.
An 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother died at the scene, police said.
Three children and six adults were taken to area hospitals by two helicopters or ambulances, some with life-threatening injuries.