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Two individuals escaped injury from an early Saturday morning crash that ended with a vehicle in the Elkhorn River, approximately two miles east of Clearwater.

Antelope County Sheriff Bob Moore said a 911 call was received at approximately 3:30 a.m., after a truck driver, parked in a business's lot, in Clearwater, reported two individuals knocked on the door of his semi and requested he call 911.

According to Moore, Xavier Hobbs, 20, of Ewing, and a juvenile passenger, were westbound on U.S. Highway 275, when Hobbs lost control of the vehicle.

Preliminary investigations show the car, a four...