A group of migrants struck by train in deadly accident in France
A train running in northern France hit a group of migrants walking along the tracks near Calais on Thursday, killing one person and injuring three others, local authorities said, according to France 24 report.
Franck Dhersin, vice president of the Hauts-de-France region, said all victims were from Eritrea, adding one of the three injured people was in a state of “absolute emergency”.
Train operator SNCF said traffic would remain suspended on the Calais-Dunkerque line until Friday morning.
Earlier Thursday, the corpse of one migrant was found in a small boat filled with water that washed up on the beach in Wissant outside Calais, a source close to an investigation said.