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ATHENS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Five illegal
immigrants died and 20 were injured when a truck
taking them to the northern Greek city of
Thessaloniki sped out of control and overturned on
Friday, police said.
The driver, who fled after the crash, had picked up
about 30 migrants, mostly Iraqis, from the
Greek-Turkish border.
When he tried to overtake four cars some 40 kms (25
miles) east of Thessaloniki, he lost control,
crashed into one of the cars and then overturned,
police said.
Two of the injured are in critical condition in
hospital.
"Some of the people on the truck managed to escape
after the crash," a police official said. "We are
now looking for them."
Tens of thousands of migrants attempt to cross
illegally into European Union member Greece every
year either through the Greek-Turkish land border
that stretches along the Evros river or by boarding
a boat along the western Turkish coast.
Reuters
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