3 Illegal Immigrants Die After Smuggler’s Van Crashes in Austria

3 Illegal Immigrants Die After Smuggler’s Van Crashes in Austria
The crashed vehicle is seen at the scene of an accident on Aug. 13, 2022, on the A6 freeway at the Kittsee border crossing, northeastern Austria. Tobias Steinmaurer/APA/AFP via Getty Images
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BERLIN—Authorities in Austria say three people died Saturday when a van carrying 20 people believed to be illegal immigrants overturned after evading a police check.

Police in the eastern district of Burgenland, near Vienna, said officers tried to stop the white van at the border with Slovakia early Saturday, but the driver drove off at high speed. Shortly afterward he lost control of the vehicle and it toppled into a ditch.