The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Pas-de-Calais: a young Sudanese migrant dies crushed by a truck

2022-01-15T13:41:47.061Z


An 18-year-old Sudanese migrant died on the morning of Saturday January 15 in Marck, near Calais, after being run over by the truck on...


An 18-year-old Sudanese migrant died on the morning of Saturday January 15 in Marck, near Calais, after being run over by the truck he was trying to climb on to reach England, AFP learned from the prosecutor's office. Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Read also2021, a year of intense immigration in France

According to the first elements of the investigation, this person "

tried to get on a truck

", but "

fell

" and "

was crushed by this truck

", this source told AFP, confirming information from Nord Littoral. This accident took place "

in the Transmarck zone, at the exit of a service station reserved for heavy goods vehicles

", added the prosecution, specifying that the emergency services intervened at 8 a.m. Death was pronounced at the scene at 8:45 a.m.

An investigation was entrusted to the Calais police station "in

particular to identify the driver of the truck and find his registration

" because the latter, "

who may not have been aware of the fall of the migrant, did not stop

", he asserted.

According to this same source, the surveillance videos located nearby must be exploited.

On Friday, an exile also lost his life trying to reach England illegally by boat, the first death in the Channel in 2022.

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2022-01-15

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-07T14:12:18.709Z
News/Politics 2024-02-08T05:33:00.007Z

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.