Migrant Youth Killed by Channel Tunnel Train: Officials

Lille, France: A young African was killed by a freight train near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in France overnight on Wednesday in the latest death of a migrant trying to reach Britain, a local official said.

"A migrant was hit by a freight shuttle at around 2:00 am on the tunnel site," the official said today, adding the victim was probably from Eritrea or Sudan.