SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE JOE RODRIGUEZ SAYS AROUND 5 O’CLOCK, A WITNESS REPORTED AN INDIVIDUAL REVVED UP THEIR CHRYSLER NEW YORKER AND DELIBERATELY DROVE STRAIGHT INTO THE RIVER.

HE SAYS A DIVE TEAM ASSISTED AT THE SCENE AND AT 5:50 THE CAR WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE WATER AND AN ELDERLY WHITE FEMALE, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS FOUND INSIDE.

POLICE OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND IDENTIFY THE VICTIM. (News report from KSCJ, Powell Broadcasting, Sioux City)