CLAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Southeastern Michigan authorities say a man they say was intoxicated when he crashed his speedboat into a cabin cruiser, killing two people and injuring three others aboard the second vessel, has been released from custody.
St. Clair County authorities say in a statement Tuesday that the 32-year-old man from Macomb County's Chesterfield Township was released pending toxicology results from the Michigan State Police Crime Lab and final results accident investigation results.
The crash happened about 6:45 p.m. Sunday off Harsens Island in Lake St. Clair. The island is part of Clay Township, about 30 miles northeast of Detroit.
The St. Clair County sheriff's department identified the dead passengers as 57-year-old Robert Koontz of Chesterfield Township and 68-year-old Nancy Axford of Winnipeg, Manitoba. No one in the 25-foot speedboat was hurt.
