Head Topics

Seven killed and 16 injured as van overloaded with migrants crashes in Germany

  • 📰 calgarysun
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 9 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 7%
  • Publisher: 52%

Canada Headlines News

Canada Latest News,Canada Headlines

A van packed with migrants crashed at a highway junction in southern Germany on Friday after the driver accelerated to avoid a police check

BERLIN — , killing seven people and injuring 16, authorities said.A police patrol noticed the overloaded vehicle on the A94 highway east of Munich at about 3:15 a.m. and tried to stop it, police said. The driver didn’t react and accelerated to 180 kph . Shortly afterward, he lost control of the vehicle when he took a turning off the highway and the van overturned, hurling several of the 23 people on board out of the vehicle.

Germany has seen large numbers of migrants arriving in recent months. The Austrian-registered van was traveling toward Munich at the time of the incident.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 63. in CA

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

NFL Week 6 picks: Liking seven dogs and seven favouritesTHREE TO TAKE TO THE BANK: Bengals (-2.5), Niners (-7), Bills (-16)
Source: TheTorontoSun - 🏆 23. / 68 Read more »

Germany Gets Tough on EU Debt Rules, Warns Markets Will Judge HarshlyGerman officials toughened their stance as negotiations over European debt and deficit rules enter the final strait, warning that a toothless agreement would be judged harshly by bond investors.
Source: BNNBloomberg - 🏆 83. / 50 Read more »

Inflation has peaked in Germany - Bundesbank's NagelExplore stories from Atlantic Canada.
Source: SaltWire Network - 🏆 45. / 63 Read more »

Seven dead after police pursue suspected human smugglers on German motorwayExplore stories from Atlantic Canada.
Source: SaltWire Network - 🏆 45. / 63 Read more »

Sabres sign D Power to seven-year, $58.45M extensionFirst Rasmus Dahlin and now Owen Power. In the span of three days, the Buffalo Sabres locked up their two star defensemen by signing Power to a seven-year contract extension worth $58.45 million on Wednesday.
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »

Buffalo Sabres re-sign defenseman Owen Power to seven-year contractPower’s new contract with the Sabres carries an $8.35 million cap hit.
Source: DailyFaceoff - 🏆 25. / 68 Read more »