Two men escaped uninjured when the car they were driving along a frozen canal in Scotland plunged through the ice, it was revealed today.
Police said the men, aged 22 and 24, were driving on the Union Canal near Winchburgh, West Lothian, yesterday afternoon when the ice gave way beneath them.
They managed to escape from the Peugeot, which was discovered shortly afterwards by the emergency services.
Lothian and Borders Police said the men were later arrested and charged with reckless conduct. They will appear at Livingston Sheriff Court at a later date.
A police spokesman said the men had a lucky escape.
“While it goes without saying that the vast majority of people have the good sense not to take their vehicles on to frozen waterways, this incident serves as an example of the type of stupidity that the emergency services occasionally have to deal with,” he said.
“There is no doubt that these two individuals had a lucky escape, and had the canal been deeper there could very well have been a different outcome.”
