Pair escape after ice canal plunge

Jan 12 2010

Two men were plunged into a frozen canal when driving a car along ice covering the water in West Lothian, it has been revealed.

Police said the men, aged 22 and 24, were driving on the Union Canal near Winchburgh when the ice gave way beneath them.

They managed to escape from the Peugeot 406, which was discovered shortly afterwards by the emergency services.