TWO teenagers died when trying to flee a police roadblock at Jalan Lencongan Dua near Kangar, after the stolen car they were in skidded and plunged into an irrigation canal today.

Kangar district police chief Wari Kiew said in the 10am incident, the suspects, aged 21 and 25, tried to escape in their Honda Civic car when pursued by police but their vehicle skidded into a canal in the paddy fields in Kg Ujong Batu, Utan Aji.

“Several villagers at the scene tried to save them but both were confirmed dead by a medical officer on site.

“Checks on the registration number found the car was reported to have been stolen in 2015,” he said when contacted today.

The victims’ remains were taken to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital in Kangar for a post-mortem. 

The case is being investigated under the Road Transport Act 1987. – Bernama, September 29, 2020.