CHANNEL TUNNEL: Police are looking for witnesses to a fatal, fail to stop, traffic collision yesterday after a Sudanese man who had travelled through the Channel Tunnel underneath a lorry was crushed to death on the M25 between junctions 24 and 25. Two men from the Sudan are believed to have climbed underneath a foreign HGV in the French port of Calais at around 11am on Friday, 12 December and wedged themselves into position. The vehicle they were concealed beneath entered the Euro Tunnel and arrived in England around 40 minutes later. The vehicle travelled up the M20 towards London and joined the M25. At about 7pm the two men, still clinging to the underside of the HGV, had become extremely cold and decided to leave the lorry. While the HGV was stationary due to heavy traffic in lane one of the motorway, one of the men, worked himself free and clambered down the nearby grass verge. The second man attempted to do the same, but the lorry began to move off and he is believed to have fallen beneath the rear wheels of the lorry suffering fatal injuries. A member of the public stopped his vehicle and pulled the injured man to the edge of the carriageway. He then drove off. A second member of the public stopped his vehicle and offered assistance. An air ambulance attended, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Traffic on the M25 and surrounding routes suffered major delays due to road closure. The other uninjured Sudanese man was detained by officers on suspicion of immigration offences. Officers are keen to understand the circumstances surrounding this incident and would like to hear from anyone who saw the collision take place. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Roads and Transport Policing Command witness line on 0208 991 9555 or dial 101 and ask for Alperton Traffic Garage.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:00:15 +0000
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