Tributes paid to Smethwick canal death pair

Tributes have been paid today to two teenagers who died after falling into a Black Country canal.

Mohammed Fayz Uddin, aged 18, of Smethwick, and 17-year-old Sara Rylance, of West Bromwich, are believed to have been in a relationship and friends claim that Sara attempted to rescue Fayz after he fell into the water.

The pair were pulled from the Birmingham canal in Smethwick by the emergency services on Wednesday night but later died in hospital.

Flowers have been left at the scene, off Brasshouse Lane, as people gathered to pay their respects.