Three people were killed Monday morning after their vehicle careened off a road into a canal, and sank..RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney said the accident happened about 1 a.m. near the St. Mary's Irrigation District canal, located at Hwy. 523 and RR. 73 in Cypress County..Slaney said there were four people in the vehicle but only one was able to escape as it sank beneath the water..The vehicle was found resting on its roof..Cypress County Fire, along with Medicine Hat Fire Aquatic Rescue and EMS rushed to the scene.."MHFD Aquatic Rescue entered the water and was able to determine the three occupants were still inside the vehicle," said Slaney..A 28-year-old male resident of Medicine Hat, a 21-year-old female resident of Swift Current, SK., and a 21-year-old female resident of Medicine Hat, were declared dead at the scene.
