ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A 57-year-old woman from Auburn, Indiana, was killed Thursday morning when a vehicle exited a downtown Ketchikan parking lot and plunged into Ketchikan Creek, striking pedestrians and injuring several people.

Ketchikan police said the vehicle left the Centennial Parking Lot through a parking space around 8:40 a.m. and broke through a fence before landing in the creek near the Good Fortune Restaurant at 4 Creek Street.

Two victims were taken by ambulance to PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in critical condition, where one was later pronounced dead. Police identified the deceased as the Indiana woman. Two other patients, one local resident and one tourist, who jumped into the creek trying to rescue victims, were treated for injuries.

The local resident was i

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