Advertisement

Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel

Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel
Copyright 
By REUTERS
Published on
Share Comments Add Euronews on Google
Share Close Button

A migrant has died in the Channel Tunnel, the second fatality in less than two weeks.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Services were suspended for an hour.

Around 0345 GMT (04:45 a.m. BST), migrants were spotted on a freight train, prompting traffic towards England to be suspended. Policemen found a dead migrant but the cause of death could not immediately be determined.

By mid-morning, traffic in the tunnel resumed but with delays. Around 3,000 migrants live around Calais, many trying to reach England illegally through the tunnel.

A migrant was found dead on the Eurotunnel site on June 26.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share Comments Add Euronews on Google

Read more

Storm Austen batters France and UK with winds of up to 160 km/h

EU-Canada 'love story' needs more than warm words, senior MEP warns

Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Tibet killing at least 16 people and destroying hundreds of homes