Austria: 35 Migrants Found in Trailer, Driver Arrested

Austria: 35 Migrants Found in Trailer, Driver Arrested
An Austrian police officer gestures towards car drivers during a traffic control at the Südring in Klagenfurt, Austria, on Nov. 15, 2021, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Austria Out Gert Eggenberger/APA/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—Thirty-five migrants were found in the trailer of a truck in southern Austria after the vehicle was damaged and an employee at a repair workshop heard noises from inside, police said Thursday. The driver was arrested.

The Polish-registered vehicle drove the wrong way out of a highway rest area near Klagenfurt on Wednesday afternoon, triggering traffic spikes that damaged its tires and caused some of them to catch fire, police in Carinthia province said in a statement. The driver extinguished the flames.