Austrian van crammed with 42 migrants

Austrian police have stopped a van crammed with 42 migrants and have arrested the Romanian driver, who had driven nonstop from the Serbian-Hungarian border.

Austrian van crammed with 42 migrants

Police in Lower Austria province said another driver alerted them Friday to the Bulgarian-registered vehicle, which was swerving in front of him on the A4 highway, east of Vienna.

Officers stopped the van, and found 42 people locked into a 6.5 square-metre (70 square-foot) space without ventilation.

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