<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Drunk driver crash injures 16 pedestrians, kills 2"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">A woman is facing charges after authorities say she was behind the wheel when her vehicle <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2024/05/19/fatal-hit-and-run-crash-wacousta-watertown-township/73765232007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">slammed into a group of 16 family members</a> in Michigan, killing two and sending the rest to hospitals in what could be a drunk driving incident.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The crash took place Saturday night in Watertown Township, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lansing,+MI/Wacousta,+Watertown+Twp,+MI+48822/@42.7739284,-84.7097504,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8822c01c7f318c37:0x4378b62389029d9e!2m2!1d-84.5555347!2d42.732535!1m5!1m1!1s0x8822914fdd506429:0x91c7f8582a8d8b4!2m2!1d-84.7008204!2d42.8278123!3e0?entry=ttu" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">about 12 miles northwest of downtown Lansing</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The victims in the fatal hit-and-run crash ranged in age from age 2 to 61, according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, which responded to the tragic weekend wreck along with more than a dozen other agencies across greater Lansing.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The crash killed Johnathan Esch, 30, of Grand Haven, and Daniel Harris, 42, of Grand Ledge, while 14 other victims were sent to hospitals, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/ClintonCountyMISheriff/posts/pfbid02iSdtSrz5oDqqv2YZHz7H72orrxLeCCnHRGqhzqkjiqu47MXGVMeqjvyET2WnPYkPl" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">according to a statement</a> posted on the sheriff's office Facebook page.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Ashley Marie Monroe, 35, of Perrinton, was charged Monday with 11 felonies in connection with the crash and was being held on a $1 million cash bond. Monroe is accused of striking 16 members of the extended family walking along South Wacousta Road.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:457px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/19/PLSJ/73759795007-clinton-crasgh.jpg?width=660&height=457&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-gl-srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/19/PLSJ/73759795007-clinton-crasgh.jpg?width=1320&height=914&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="A Clinton County Sheriff's Office truck is shown May 18, 2024, parked near the incident command post near the Michigan scene where a hit-and-run driver struck 16 related pedestrians, killing two."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">As of Monday afternoon, officials had not identified those injured in the crash or said where they are from, but did release the ages of those transported to hospitals as: 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, 8, 16, 27, 28, 32, 33, 38, and 61.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Six family members remained in the hospital, the sheriff's office said Sunday night, adding that eight had been released.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">One victim, a 38-year-old woman, was in critical condition at an unspecified hospital, the sheriff's office said Monday.</p><p...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/20/car-hits-family-members-michigan/73767290007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
