News / Driver killed after migrants barricade Calais approach road – hauliers demand action

© Khunaspix Dreamstime.

A Polish van driver died this morning after colliding with three trucks on one of the main approach roads to the port of Calais, fulfilling predictions that migrant activity would result in a mortality.

Both the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) reported that the trucks had been forced to stop at a makeshift barrier set up by migrants.

After colliding with the trucks in the early hours, the van burst into flames, resulting in the driver’s death.

The RHA reported that ...