Two killed after their car crashes into St. Clair river

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By Ashanti Lee Seabron

(ST CLAIR COUNTY, Mich.) On Sunday, an 83-year-old man and an 86-year-old woman died after their car went into the St. Clair river, The Detroit News reports.

According to Marine City police, officers were alerted at around 11:15 p.m. to be on the lookout for a vehicle speeding east on Broadway. Shortly thereafter, responding officers were told that a vehicle was seen floating in the St. Clair River.

Following a preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the vehicle had crashed through the steel guardrails at the river.

Witnesses to the incident, who were on a boat at the time, told police they tried to reach the vehicle's occupants as the vehicle sunk into the water but were unable to do so.

In the search and rescue effort, members of the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, the Algonac Fire Department and Marine City Fire Authority were utilized.

After searching the water for nearly an hour, dive team members located the vehicle and recovered the bodies of the man and woman.

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