SIOUX CITY AUTHORITIES HAVE RECOVERED A PICKUP TRUCK THAT CRASHED INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER FRIDAY MORNING.
THE TRUCK WAS PULLED FROM THE RIVER AROUND 5:30 P.M LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SGT. TOM GILL OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-29 NEAR THE RAILROAD BRIDGE AROUND 6:35 A.M.:
ACCIDENT1 OC………18 FOOT DEEP OF WATER. :15
TWO MEN WERE IN THE TRUCK WHEN IT CRASHED.
GILL SAYS THE PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK ESCAPED AND MADE IT TO SHORE, BUT THE DRIVER DID NOT:
ACCIDENT3 OC…..A SEIZURE. :06
SEARCH BOATS WERE LAUNCHED AND A RECOVERY OPERATION CONTINUED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON..
THE DRIVER’S BODY WAS RECOVERED FROM THE TRUCK.
THE NAMES OF THE TWO MEN HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
