MIAMI – Three people were killed and one person was injured early Saturday morning after a car ended up in a Homestead canal.

Authorities said the dark-colored vehicle was first spotted at around 3 a.m. after it cut off a marked Homestead police cruiser.

Homestead Police Public detective Eric Rodriguez said police tried to conduct a stop, but the vehicle turned off its lights and fled.

Rodriguez said the vehicle fled twice from police. He said that one similar vehicle was stopped, but it was unrelated to the crash.

That person told police that he heard a loud bang near a canal.

The dark sedan sped off and somehow ended up in a canal in the area of East Palm Drive.

Miami-Dade fire rescue pulled three people out of the car. All three subsequently died at area hospitals.

One other injured person was being treated at Jackson South. The condition of that person is not known.

Video obtained by CBS4 cameras showed a heavily damaged black sedan being pulled out of the canal.

Authorities said there were three males and one female in the vehicle.