(AP) -- Two people are dead because of a snowmobile crash in Western Michigan's Kent County.

39-year-old William Hatchett Junior and his passenger, 19-year-old Kristin Louise Stowie were both thrown from the sled and hit a tree around 2:30 Sunday morning.

They died at the scene.

Authorities believe alcohol was involved.

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