UPDATE: Witness saw suspects flee after crashing into apartment, injuring toddler

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Two residents of a Sioux Falls apartment, including a juvenile, were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after a stolen SUV crashed into their building.

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Sioux Falls Public Information Officer said the vehicle was a 2011 Jeep Cherokee that was stolen from an apartment complex parking lot on October 5.

The Jeep hit multiple balcony posts before crashing through the cinderblock wall of an apartment on the 600 block of N. Elmwood Ave.

A 3-year-old boy was sleeping on the couch in the apartment when the vehicle pinned him between the couch and the wall.

The boy and a 37-year-old man who was also in the apartment were both taken to a local hospital.

A witness said they saw two women and a man get out of the vehicle and flee on foot.

Containers of alcohol were found in the vehicle.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the SFPD or Crime Stoppers.

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According to Sioux Falls Police, the incident happened around 4:11 a.m. on Thursday.

Emergency personnel were called to an apartment building near West 3rd and North Elmwood Avenue after an SUV collided with the building.

Officers found a previously reported stolen SUV entirely in an apartment.

The occupants of the SUV had fled.

The vehicle had been traveling south in a makeshift alley off the roadway and not in the lot of the complex before colliding with the building.

Inside the apartment, a young juvenile resident had been sleeping and was found with life-threatening injuries.

An adult male resident with serious but non-life-threatening injuries was also found inside the apartment.

Both were transported to an area hospital for treatment.

On Thursday morning, crews could be seen removing the vehicle.

Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash.

Investigators are still searching for the occupants of the SUV.