UPDATE
Apr 23, 2024 5:29 PM CDT
A 66-year-old Michigan woman faces charges including two counts of second-degree murder in connection with a crash that killed an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother at a birthday party on Saturday. Marshella Chidester has also been charged with two counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death and four counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious injuries, the Detroit Free Press reports. A judge set her bond at $1.5 million on Tuesday. Prosecutor say Chidester was drunk when she crashed into the Swan Boat Club building in Berlin Township. The children's mother and her 11-year-old son survived the crash but are still hospitalized with serious injuries.
Apr 21, 2024 5:00 AM CDT
Two siblings are dead after law enforcement officials say a car crashed into a Michigan building that was hosting a children's birthday party and traveled 25 feet inside it before coming to a stop. NBC News reports Sheriff Troy Goodnough said the vehicle drove into a building at Swan Boat Club in Berlin Charter Township around 3pm Saturday; the 66-year-old driver has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death. Her name has not been released. An 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were declared dead at the scene.
At least 13 others—children and adults—were injured, all but four of them with "serious, life-threatening injuries," per Goodnough. Police did not specify whether the party was for either of the deceased children, whose names have also not been released. CNN reports Goodnough "was visibly emotional" during a news conference, during which the Detroit Free Press reports he described the crash scene as "extremely chaotic, with high levels of emotion by those directly involved and those who witnessed this horrific incident." Swan Boat Club, which is located on Lake Erie some 30 miles south of Detroit, has been closed until further notice. (More car crash stories.)
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