Two drown after high-speed police chase
Published: 12 Mar 13 07:55 CET | Print version
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Two suspected petrol thieves have died after a high-speed police chase on Monday night ended with them driving their car off a bridge that was open for boat traffic, and into the icy waters below.
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Police subsequently took up the chase after spotting the car on a highway soon after midnight.
The two people, whose identities and gender remain unknown, led the police at high speed through Enköping and further south towards Strängnäs - about 30 kilometres west of Stockholm.
In an effort to stop the thieves, police called ahead to operators at the Hjulstabron bridge, a 520 metre long drawbridge that was open at the time for passing boats, and demanded that they close the entrance.
But the thieves either didn't slow down in time, or decided to crash through the barricades in an escape effort, and then drove off the open bridge and into the icy water below.
The bodies of the two thieves were found by divers in the early hours of Tuesday morning. They were stuck inside their car and had drowned.
By Tuesday morning, the car had been removed from the waters of the Hjulstafjärden and the bridge was opened to traffic again.
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The bodies of the two thieves were found by divers at in the early hours of Tuesday morning. They were stuck inside their car and had drowned.
By Monday morning, the car had been removed from the waters of the Hjulstafjärden and the bridge was opened to traffic again.
This case could have ended similarly, caused by disproportional actions of the police. All for a few gallons of gasoline.
Someone claims that the kids that were driving 60 km an hour in a 50 km zone were the same kids that drowned. Is that what you meant in your writing? I could not see that. But please, explain. Thanks.
Don't get me wrong...every crime should be punishable. But this is out of proportions to say the least.
The police didn't push them off the road, they drove off themselves. It's a sad accident but the police shouldn't be blamed. They sure didn't deserve to die, they should have been caught and punished.
You do know that most on here aren't Swedes or living in Sweden? If you don't think Sweden is a civil country based on this one case and a few comments then it says more about you then anything.
I'm not saying the unfortunate stiffs were doing that. But thieves will risk more for a bigger return. My point is when things get too expensive they become black market attractions like smokes, booze, labour and now gas. Heya Sveriya.
No wonder police get a bad reputation. The world is full of people who live in la la land and cry foul when they are victims.
It is about time people should be grateful that they live in a decent Country should keep it that way not copy scenes in the movies.