2 suspects evading police drown in swollen creek

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. — Two men are dead after jumping into a flood-swollen Missouri creek, reportedly in an effort to evade police.

Firefighters in north St. Louis County were called to Maline Creek, a Mississippi River tributary, around 11:30 a.m. Friday. The bodies of the two men were soon recovered.

Riverview Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Don Mayse says the men were suspected in a carjacking and were running from police. Mayse says a police officer saw the men jump into the creek. He says both men struggled, went underwater and never resurfaced.

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