巴黎——法国当局周一表示，一名10岁儿童和两名妇女在从法国横渡英吉利海峡的危险移民路线上死亡。他们疑似在一艘载有100多人的船上被踩踏致死。
PARIS — A 10-year-old child and two women died Monday on the treacherous migration route across the English Channel from France, apparently trampled to death on a boat packed with more than 100 people, French authorities said.
当局称，一艘所谓的“出租船”在法国北部海岸外遇到困难，船上人员请求救援。这些充气艇从法国北部海滩接人后，便尝试危险横渡；乘客需涉水进入海中，再攀爬登艇。
The so-called “taxi boat” ran into difficulty off the northern French coast, with its passengers asking for help, authorities said. The inflatable boats attempt the dangerous crossing after picking up people from the beaches of northern France, where they wade into the sea to clamber aboard.
法国海事局在声明中称，一艘海上救援船共接收了105人。一支乘直升机登船的重症医疗团队宣布，该儿童和两名妇女死亡。地方政府在另一份声明中称，两名妇女的年龄均估计为30多岁。
A French maritime rescue boat took aboard 105 people, the maritime prefecture said in a statement. The child and the two women were declared dead by an intensive care team that was helicoptered aboard, it said. The women were believed to be in their 30s, the regional government said in a separate statement.
声明说：“根据调查的初步结果，死因似乎是踩踏事故。不过，这起悲剧的具体情况仍须由司法调查查明。”这项调查由法国北部港口布洛涅的一名检察官牵头。当局称，另有9人需要接受治疗。
“According to the initial findings of the investigation, it appears the deaths were caused by a stampede. The precise circumstances of the tragedy will, however, have to be established by the judicial investigation,” led by a prosecutor in the northern French port of Boulogne, the statement said. Nine other people required medical treatment, it said.