A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD and two women died today after they were “likely crushed” in a dinghy while attempting to cross the Channel.French authorities said 105 people on board the “precarious” migrant dinghy were rescued after calling for help at sea.A medical team was transported to the rescue boat, but could not save the child and two women, who were in their thirties.The survivors were brought to Calais, where nine other people needed non-critical medical attention, after the dinghy had left Bleriot Plage, near Calais, that morning.

A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD and two women died today after they were “likely crushed” in a dinghy while attempting to cross the Channel.

French authorities said 105 people on board the “precarious” migrant dinghy were rescued after calling for help at sea.

A medical team was transported to the rescue boat, but could not save the child and two women, who were in their thirties.

The survivors were brought to Calais, where nine other people needed non-critical medical attention, after the dinghy had left Bleriot Plage, near Calais, that morning.

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