Four people died on Friday night after the car they were riding in veered off a rain-slicked road, hit a curb and flipped into a creek off the East River, authorities said.

Rescue divers pulled the victims from the Steinway Creek in Astoria, Queens after responding to an emergency call at 10:37 p.m. from the driver, who was able to escape, police and fire officials said. The car was submerged in the water when rescuers arrived at the scene on 19th Avenue, a dead-end street near the Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant and about a mile from La Guardia Airport.

The group had been at a club celebrating a birthday, The New York Post reported, citing law enforcement sources who said that the driver had been speeding and was unable to stop before the car flipped off the road into the creek.

The police would not comment on the Post report early Saturday morning, citing its ongoing investigation of the incident.