Karpaty Lviv Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-50150070 The actual f**k? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 That’s damn awful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptistist Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I've been in the back of a truck before, could have been me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Ran out of oxygen surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 That is utterly, utterly grim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Absolutely awful. One thing that struck me as strange is that the truck came from Bulgaria and entered the UK via Holyhead, which is an Irish Sea port in Wales. The truck driver arrested is from Northern Ireland. When you see a story like this you immediately think that this is going to be migrants trying to get into the UK from France but it doesn't seem that clear cut in this case. Unless this is a new route for migrants, maybe there has been increased security at Calais / Dover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Watched a TV programme on Netflix a few days ago that had an episode that was about exactly this sort of scenario happening. Horrible. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Watched a TV programme on Netflix a few days ago that had an episode that was about exactly this sort of scenario happening. Horrible. Saw that too, the ending was very different though. Read about a similar incident in America recently with some survivors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 According to the BBC report, in 2000 58 Chinese migrants died in a lorry in Dover. I have no memory of this at all - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Dover_incident 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Watched a TV programme on Netflix a few days ago that had an episode that was about exactly this sort of scenario happening. Horrible. Is that the interrogation programme? I was thinking the same reading that story. The lorry driver is only 25, which is near enough my own age, how do you get into such a mess at that age? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Absolutely awful. One thing that struck me as strange is that the truck came from Bulgaria and entered the UK via Holyhead, which is an Irish Sea port in Wales. The truck driver arrested is from Northern Ireland. When you see a story like this you immediately think that this is going to be migrants trying to get into the UK from France but it doesn't seem that clear cut in this case. Unless this is a new route for migrants, maybe there has been increased security at Calais / Dover. A route that no one would probably suspect would be used for people smuggling due to the difficulty of getting to Ireland in the first place - you need to go around the UK to get there and there is no land border between Ireland and Europe to facilitate ground crossings. There is the Common Travel Area that perhaps they were aiming to take advantage of despite the longer journey. A decision that has killed nearly 40 people. Awful. Either that or this is one of the UK's worst ever serial killers. Edited October 23, 2019 by Michael W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, ICTChris said: According to the BBC report, in 2000 58 Chinese migrants died in a lorry in Dover. I have no memory of this at all - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Dover_incident 18th June - Alison Moyet's birthday - you could be easily forgiven for having more important things on your mind than the tragic goings on at the Channel coast, tbf... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 @Melanius Mullarkey blaming me in 3...2... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 47 minutes ago, ICTChris said: According to the BBC report, in 2000 58 Chinese migrants died in a lorry in Dover. I have no memory of this at all - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Dover_incident I'm sure there was a truck load of Afghans that was found far more recent than that which was full of dead and close to dead migrants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 If its actually asphyxiation whick killed them that is fucking grim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 The most obvious answer here is that it's 39 dead hookers. A lot for 1 truck driver, for sure, but can't be ruled out completely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Ross. said: The most obvious answer here is that it's 39 dead hookers. A lot for 1 truck driver, for sure, but can't be ruled out completely. And @DeeMan is no where to be seen. Coincidence? eta: f**k. Read the whole thread..... Edited October 23, 2019 by KnightswoodBear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ross. said: The most obvious answer here is that it's 39 dead hookers Wasnt that the first episode in a series of The Wire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DA Baracus Posted October 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 People. They're people. Wanting to live in a different country isn't a person's defining characteristic. 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Wasnt that the first episode in a series of The Wire. Was that the "Stevedores" season? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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