PARK CRASH Five rushed to hospital after car plunges into hot, acidic geyser in Yellowstone National Park – as cops investigate

FIVE people were rushed to the hospital after a car they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive acidic geyser. Officials said that the people involved in the accident were spotted Thursday morning driving near the semi-centennial geyser thermal pool before the vehicle fell into the water.Yellowstone National Park officials told CBS that the group managed to escape 105-degree Fahrenheit acidic water. Spokesperson Morgan Warthin said the vehicle was submerged in about nine feet of water. The passengers were taken to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Following the accident, the roadway was shut down to traffic while police and rescue crews extracted the vehicle from the water.Park officials have yet to determine the cause of the incident. The geyser is located near Roaring Mountain and between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction. The Semi-Centennial Geyser, which was the site of a major explosion in 1922, has been inactive for over a century. In the statement, officials thanked Hanser’s Automotive, US Water Rescue Dive Team, HK, Contractors, Resource Technologies Incorporated, and Yellowstone Park Service Stations for their removal of the car "in such an expeditious manner."The park, which resides close to the Idaho-Montana border, is no stranger to accidents. In July 2023, a public school teacher named Amie Anderson was killed in the park when she encountered a grizzly bear while backpacking across the US. Source