Seven men, mostly illegal migrants, died on Wednesday (August 5th) and five others were injured in a smuggler's vehicle crash in northern Greece, police said.
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According to the first data from the investigation, the victims were traveling in a vehicle stolen Tuesday in Thessaloniki and " involved in the trafficking of illegal immigrants ", explains a statement from the police in Alexandroupolis where the accident occurred.
The migrants, whose nationality has not been disclosed, reportedly crossed the land border with Turkey on Tuesday, marked by the Evros River in northeast Greece, before being taken in by one or more smugglers. But, at dawn on Wednesday, their vehicle struck a concrete pile in a work area on the expressway near Alexandroupolis, then overturned, according to the same source. A preliminary investigation has been opened.
