Pursuit with Tractor Ends in Serious Accident

A smuggler was arrested on the night of Monday after a traffic accident in Andau (district of Neusiedl am See) with a total of eleven injured. The Hungarian police had pursued the driver from Pakistan across the border, then he crashed into a building and was trapped in the car. Among the injured migrants were two girls, reported the Burgenland State Police Directorate.

Smuggler Crashed with Ten Refugees in Burgenland

The police officers wanted to stop the vehicle in Hungary, but the smuggler fled, lost control of the car, and crashed into an agricultural building. The vehicle contained ten refugees - men and women from Turkey and Afghanistan, and also two girls aged seven and ten. They were all injured and taken by rescue services to the AKH and the Donauspital in Vienna, as well as the hospital in Eisenstadt.

Driver Seriously Injured

The seriously injured smuggler had to be rescued from the wreck by the fire department and flown to the Wiener Neustadt hospital by rescue helicopter. He was arrested and is being monitored by the police in the hospital. Investigations are still ongoing, it was stated.

The incident with the smuggler vehicle was the first in Burgenland since November 2024, police spokesman Helmut Marban told the APA. In 2023, there were several similar situations, after which the breakthroughs of smuggler vehicles at the border with "police pursuit" and illegal migration in general decreased. So far this year, around 2,500 refugees and four smugglers have been apprehended in Burgenland, according to Marban.

(APA/Red)

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