The Council Bluffs Police Department reports two students at the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln High School died this (Friday) morning, when the vehicle they were in crashed into Lake Manawa, on the south side of Council Bluffs. The victims were identified as 18-year old Efren Lemus and 17-year old Christian Renteria-Perez, both of Council Bluffs. Lemus was identified as the driver of the vehicle.

Council Bluffs emergency personnel were dispatched to accident scene on the west shore of Lake Manawa at around 6:13-a.m. Upon arrival, they found the vehicle was upside down and partially submerged. Council Bluffs Fire Department personnel entered the water and located victims inside the vehicle.

Authorities say alcohol and/or speeding may have been factors in the crash, which remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit.