Two children dead and 15 injured after truck crashes into child’s birthday party

A law enforcement official monitors the perimeter of the Swan Creek Boat Club after a driver crashed a vehicle through a building where a children’s birthday party was taking place (Kathleen Kildee/Detroit News via AP)

Two children are dead and a further 15 people have been injured after a suspected drunk driver crashed into a birthday party at a boat club, a Michigan sheriff said.

The two children who died at the scene on Saturday were a brother and sister, an eight-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother.