Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges after a 59-year-old man was carjacked with an axe over the weekend.

According to Winnipeg police, the man went to a carwash on Isabel Street around 2 a.m. Saturday morning.

On his way in, two teens approached him and asked for a ride, but he refused.

When the man was driving out of the carwash, the teens jumped in his van, police said.

"They basically hopped in the car and insisted that he was going to be driving them somewhere. It looks like the weapon was produced once they got inside the vehicle," said Const. Jason Michalyshen. "It appears that these two individuals were very motivated. Not only did they approach him once, they approached him a second time."

The man was able get away uninjured and walked home to call police.

Then, about 90 minutes later, RCMP responded to a crash in Portage la Prairie.

The man's van had crashed into another vehicle at Saskatchewan Avenue and Third Street, but officers found the van several blocks away at 12th Street West and Saskatchewan.

After a short foot chase, two 15-year-old boys were arrested.

The pair – one from Winnipeg and the other from Sandy Bay — are now facing multiple charges include impaired operation of a vehicle.

"It's beyond concerning," Michalyshen said. People being approached and confronted in this fashion? It's absolutely concerning. It's not something that happens necessarily on a regular basis, but it does happen from time to time."

One of the teens arrested was known to police, Michalyshen said.