Police and firefighters from Council Bluffs were dispatched at around 9:13-a.m. Sunday (today), to the area of the Indian Creek at Creek Top Street for a vehicle in the creek. A passing Union Pacific train crew had spotted the vehicle in the culvert. Upon arrival, emergency responders found a Red Ford Explorer had driven through the metal guard rail and concrete barrier. The vehicle had fallen approximately 12 feet down into the culvert, landing on its wheels. The vehicle was in approximately 1-2 feet of water.

The driver of the vehicle, 74-year old Kieth Cunningham, of Omaha, was extricated by the Council Bluffs Fire Department and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Cunningham had been reported as missing in Omaha and may have been suffering from a medical condition.

The incident was being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Special Operations Traffic Unit. Anyone with information about the crash is urged to call the CBPD Traffic Unit at (712) 328-4948.