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Hidden refugee falls to her death

                       
                       Sunday 9th April                BY MATTHEW BAYLEY  Sunday Times

                         A WOMAN refugee trying to enter Britain was crushed to
                         death last night when she fell from the lorry she had hidden in.

                         The woman, whose nationality is not known, was run over as
                         the articulated vehicle pulled away from traffic lights in
                         Silverhill, St Leonards, East Sussex. Sussex Police believe that
                         she had been climbing on the outside of the lorry when she fell
                         under the wheels of the rear trailer at about 6pm.

                         The police said that the woman was standing on the towing
                         hitch between the two trucks when the lorry pulled away,
                         dislodging her and throwing her on to the road and under its
                         rear wheels.

                         Drivers of cars behind the lorry tried to help the woman
                         before paramedics arrived at the scene. She was taken by
                         ambulance to the Conquest Hospital, St Leonards, but died
                         later of her injuries.

                         Four other people hidden in the lorry, which entered Britain
                         through Dover, were arrested under the Immigration Act.

                         The vehicle\\\\'s Austrian driver had to be treated for shock. He
                         was not arrested. The lorry was on its way to an industrial
                         estate in St Leonards.