TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE VEHICLE THEY WERE IN PLUNGED INTO PERRY CREEK FRIDAY MORNING.
RESCUE CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO WEST 24TH AND GENEVA STREETS AROUND 9:55AM.
SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT THE THIRD OCCUPANT, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SHIRT, FLED THE SCENE.
THE OTHER TWO WERE PULLED FROM THE CHILLY WATER AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH UNDISCLOSED INJURIES.
POLICE SAY THE TWO TOLD THEM THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE THIRD PERSON, AND HAD OFFERED HIM A RIDE.
POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE ACCIDENT.
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