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| Three children in hospital after being rescued from lorry in Austria | |
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| Three young children are recovering in hospital from severe dehydration after police in Austria stopped a truck with 26 people inside. | |
| 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, Austria’s APA news agency reported on Saturday. | 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, Austria’s APA news agency reported on Saturday. |
| “It was a very close call,” said police spokesman David Furtner. “Medical staff told us they would not have survived much longer.” | “It was a very close call,” said police spokesman David Furtner. “Medical staff told us they would not have survived much longer.” |
| The children had grown dizzy in the back of the hot, sticky lorry, he said. | The children had grown dizzy in the back of the hot, sticky lorry, he said. |
| The 29-year-old Romanian driver was arrested, and the children and their parents were taken to the hospital in the nearby town of Braunau. | The 29-year-old Romanian driver was arrested, and the children and their parents were taken to the hospital in the nearby town of Braunau. |
| The discovery comes after 71 people were found dead in an abandoned lorry on an Austrian highway on Thursday. Hungarian police arrested the driver on Friday. | The discovery comes after 71 people were found dead in an abandoned lorry on an Austrian highway on Thursday. Hungarian police arrested the driver on Friday. |