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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. It was not immediately clear if the party was for either of the children, and their names have not been released. There were 15 victims, including the two children who died. Nine people — three children and six adults — were hospitalized with 'serious, life-threatening injuries,' Goodnough said. Those nine victims were rushed to medical facilities by ambulance or University of Michigan medical helicopter, Goodnough said. Several other people who were injured took private vehicles to hospitals, the sheriff 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. 'We went in, we shut the business down, and we’re in the process of executing a search warrant for information,' Goodnough said. The venue did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Swan Boat Club, in the community of Newport, is about 30 miles south of Detroit on Lake Erie. The venue's website states that it is also a membership club with docks available by annual fees. It said on Facebook that it will be closed through the weekend. 'Please keep all the people and families in attendance in your prayers,' it said.
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