UK truck death victims

A number of Vietnamese citizens are thought to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck at an industrial park near London. The driver, from Northern Ireland, has been charged with manslaughter


1 Tractor cab unit of truck travels from Northern Ireland

2 Oct 20: Tractor unit enters UK via Holyhead from Dublin

3 Oct 23, 12:30am*: Tractor unit collects refrigerated container – which has travelled from Zeebrugge – at port of Purfleet

4 1.05am: Cab and trailer leave Purfleet for industrial park in Grays

1:40am: Bodies discovered by Ambulance Service


Bulgaria: Scania truck is registered in city of Varna under name of company owned by Irish citizen

Jun 2000: 58 Chinese found dead in Dover having travelled in refrigerated container from Zeebrugge


NORTHERN IRELAND
Dublin
IRELAND
Atlantic Ocean
Holyhead
UK
London
English Channel
Purfleet/ Grays
Dover
Calais
FRANCE
BELGIUM
Zeebrugge

1 2 3 4

100km 60 miles


UK 
FRANCE
Varna 
Truck registered in Bulgaria in 2017


*Local time (GMT+1) 


Sources: Essex Police, Reuters
Picture: Pool via AP 
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