A little boy died in a horrific accident in Hungary – UPDATED

A van capsized in Csongrád-Csanád County near Ásotthalom on the main road 55. The driver was a Russian citizen who forced 19 illegal migrants into the cargo hold, including three children. All illegal passengers suffered injuries, but a Syrian boy lost his life.

According to 444.hu, ten ambulance cars from two counties rushed to help the casualties. Six people suffered severe, while 12 minor injuries, including two other kids.

Prosecutors bring charges against people smuggler who caused fatal accident

Prosecutors have brought charges against a Moldovan man on suspicion of people smuggling and causing a fatal accident after he crashed his minibus into a ditch at Ásotthalom at dawn on Thursday. After midnight, the man picked up 19 illegal migrants claiming to be Syrian citizens with the intent of transporting them to Austria on the instructions of a client, Csongrád-Csanád County prosecutors said in a statement.

When police carried out a spot check on the outskirts of Ásotthalom, the suspect drove away at high speed and lost control of the car while taking a corner, crashing into a drainage ditch. One of the passengers died at the scene, while four suffered serious injuries. Fourteen sustained minor injuries. The suspect fled into the forest, and after a search of several hours, police took him into custody.

Hungary protecting Europe by helping Sahel

Europe would face ruin if migration from Africa’s Sahel region took off, a government official said in a newspaper interview. Referring to the unstable situation in Niger, Eduard László Mathé, the ministerial commissioner for government policy in sub-Sahara, told the weekly Mandiner that problems must be handled locally rather than giving in to “endless African migration”. The Hungarian government had been the first in Europe to recognise this.