Two people were rescued Friday by passers-by and emergency responders from a crashed pickup that was upside down and partially submerged in a Lincoln City creek, police say.

Three witnesses were already in the water trying to help the two people trapped in the 1998 Ford Ranger by the time four Lincoln City officers arrived around 1:40 p.m. to the crash along Northeast East Devils Lake Road, police said.

The witnesses, officers, and North Lincoln fire crew members worked together to remove driver Edward Bolton Jr., 47, of Grand Ronde and passenger Murae Van Was, 24, of Lincoln City from the pickup, police said. Bolton is in critical condition at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City and Van Das was taken to the same hospital with apparent minor injuries and possible hypothermia, authorities said.

What caused the crash is still under investigation. Police ask anyone with information on how the crash occurred to contact them at 541-994-3636.

(Video from The News Guard in Lincoln City)

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com

503-221-8343; @EvertonBailey