A automotive carrying migrants skidded off the highway and crashed right into a wall in southern Croatia on Thursday, killing 4 individuals and injuring 5, together with two kids, native police mentioned.
The accident killed a Moldovan citizen who was the driving force, in addition to three migrants who didn’t have id paperwork, senior police officer Marko Srdarevic instructed a press convention.
The accident occurred close to the city of Sinja, about 20 kilometers from the Bosnian border.
The motive force handed the police patrol and entered the intersection, then misplaced management and crashed right into a wall, Srdarevic mentioned.
Migrants attempting to achieve Western Europe arrive in Croatia by way of Bosnia earlier than continuing to Slovenia or Italy. Migrants usually flip to individuals smugglers to take them throughout borders with out permission, and make a number of makes an attempt to cross the border, recurrently dealing with police crackdowns.
Police additionally discovered two different autos concerned within the unlawful motion of migrants, Srdarevic mentioned. One had Polish license plates and the opposite Hungarian. There have been a complete of 11 international nationals within the two vehicles, together with individuals from Syria, Afghanistan, Moldova and Romania.
One of many injured males, who claimed to be from Afghanistan, instructed the police that this was his fourth try and enter Croatia.
2024-05-19 19:07:27
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