°®Âþµº

ÌýTwo people, one believed to be a and the other the alleged trafficker, died on Saturday in northern while trying to evade a police checkpoint, police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki said.

Twelve more people riding in the passenger car were injured, with the most serious suffered by those stashed in the stolen car’s trunk.

Both dead were Pakistanis, the driver a 27-year-old, police said. The injured included nine Pakistanis and three .

The car, travelling from Greece’s land border west toward Thessaloniki, was flagged at a police checkpoint earlier on Saturday. It sped through, leading police in a 50-kilometre (31-mile) chase until it slammed into a protective barrier.

The 27-year-old driver had already been convicted of and robberies, police say.