TRIPLE FATALITY ACCIDENT ON CITY'S NORTHSIDE

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED FOLLOWING A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ON SIOUX CITY'S NORTHSIDE.

POLICE SAY THE VEHICLE WAS HEADED WEST ON 35TH STREET AROUND 3AM, RAN THE STOP SIGN AT DOUGLAS AND CROSSED GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD.

THE VEHICLE THEN DROVE THROUGH A RESIDENT'S YARD AND FLIPPED INTO PERRY CREEK, WHERE IT LANDED ON ITS ROOF AND BECAME PARTIALLY SUBMERGED.

THREE OCCUPANTS WERE TRAPPED INSIDE AND COULD NOT ESCAPE. THEY WERE EXTRICATED AND LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.

TWO OTHERS WERE DISCOVERED OUTSIDE THE CAR ON THE CREEK BANK. THEY WERE TAKEN TO ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.

THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE SURVIVORS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SIOUX CITY POLICE.