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Migrants discovered following serious accident on E40
One person was killed and five seriously injured in a traffic accident on Thursday on the E40 westbound at Oudenburg in West Flanders. In the back of one of the lorries involved in the accident, police discovered four migrants without papers.
The four African men were locked inside of the lorry and were discovered when they banged on the sides. The vehicle was refrigerated and had German number plates.
According to police, the men were headed to the UK. They were ordered to leave the country but not held.
The accident happened when another lorry drove into a tailback caused by maintenance work on the roadside. A car was crushed between two lorries, and one of the passengers – a 40-year-old man from La Louvière – was killed. The driver and her daughter were both injured.
The motorway was closed for several hours, while long tailbacks built up on the E40 and A10 headed towards Ostend. Civil defence personnel handed out water on what was the warmest day of the year so far.
Photo: Yves Deprince/Brandweer Gistel
Comments
""According to police, the men were headed to the UK. They were ordered to leave the country but not held.""
Seriously?
Secondly, don't be in front of a truck. ever.
It's all so disgusting. Naturally they weren't held. 1. It was the weekend (authorities won't be around even if they are) and 2. the illegals were headed to the UK anyway. So who cares.
If they are illegal in Belgium, Belgium should take care of it. As usual, they shift the responsibility to someone else. They should have been on the first plane back to wherever.