It took 3 seconds for an object that was thrown up with velocity vo from the height of 15 m to reach the ground. Find intial velocity; maximum height; velocity just before hitting the ground

You are driving directly behind a pickup truck, going at the same speed as the truck. a crate falls from the bed of the truck to the road. (a) will your car hit the crate before the crate hits the road if you neither brake nor swerve? (b) during the fall, is the horizontal speed of the crate more than, less than, or the same as that of the truck?