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‘Migrant-smuggling’ car crash kills 11 in Greece: police
THESSALONIKI, Greece, Oct 13, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Eleven people died in
northern Greece early Saturday after a car thought to be carrying migrants
crashed head-on with a truck and burst into flames, police said.
Firefighters recovered 11 bodies from the car, which had been travelling
towards Thessaloniki. The driver of the truck, which had been heading towards
the town of Kavala, escaped the fire unscathed.
Greek police said the car involved in the crash had been used for migrant
smuggling in the past. It had failed to stop earlier Saturday when police
officers tried to pull it over for a check.
Last June, a migrant smuggling van carrying 16 people, mainly from Syria
and Iran, crashed near Kavala, killing six people including three children.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1549 hrs