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A 5-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister were killed when an intoxicated driver plowed into a Michigan business where a child's birthday party was being held Saturday, authorities said. A vehicle hit a building at Swan Boat Club in Berlin Charter Township around 3 p.m. and came to a stop 25 feet inside, where the party was taking place, Monroe County, Michigan, Sheriff Troy Goodnough said at a news conference early Saturday evening. The siblings were declared dead at the scene, he said.
Their conditions were not available. Goodnough said a 66-year-old woman behind the wheel of the vehicle was arrested at the scene on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death. It wasn't clear if she required medical attention. The woman's name was not released. Additional criminal charges will likely be brought against her, the sheriff said. He said the driver may have been at a nearby bar and grill, and investigators want to find out what took place there.
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