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| Three young children have been found in critical condition due to dehydration after police in Austria stopped a truck with 26 people. The lorry, believed to contain migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was stopped in the small town of St Peter-am-Hart, close to the German border, on Friday, Austrian news agency APA reported on Saturday, quoting local police. | Three young children have been found in critical condition due to dehydration after police in Austria stopped a truck with 26 people. The lorry, believed to contain migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was stopped in the small town of St Peter-am-Hart, close to the German border, on Friday, Austrian news agency APA reported on Saturday, quoting local police. |
| “It was a very close call,” said David Furtner from the Austrian police. He added that the children had grown dizzy in the back of the hot, sticky lorry. “Medical staff told us they would not have survived much longer.” | “It was a very close call,” said David Furtner from the Austrian police. He added that the children had grown dizzy in the back of the hot, sticky lorry. “Medical staff told us they would not have survived much longer.” |
| The 29-year-old Romanian driver was arrested, while the children and their parents were taken to the hospital in the nearby town of Braunau. | The 29-year-old Romanian driver was arrested, while the children and their parents were taken to the hospital in the nearby town of Braunau. |
| The discovery comes after 71 refugees were found dead in an abandoned lorry on an Austrian highway on Thursday. The driver was arrested by Hungarian police on Friday. | The discovery comes after 71 refugees were found dead in an abandoned lorry on an Austrian highway on Thursday. The driver was arrested by Hungarian police on Friday. |