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Man arrested over lake deaths crash on Powys border

Published date: 31 August 2010 |
Published by: Richard Jones


 

POLICE arrested a 21-year-old man today after a car plunged 20ft down an embankment into a lake near the Powys border, killing two teenagers.

 

Anwen Busby, 16, and Jai Burks, 19, died in the crash on the A44 at Ponterwyd, near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, in the early hours of this morning.

 

The car, which was also carrying two other 16-year-old girls and a 21-year-old man, ended up in water up to 4ft deep, Dyfed Powys Police said.

 

Two people had to be cut free by firefighters and needed treatment for their injuries at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.

 

A fifth person managed to escape from the car before rescuers arrived.

 

Devastated friends of the dead teenagers visited the scene today to leave a floral tribute.

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