Forty illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Syria were injured, five seriously, when their van overturned Tuesday on a Serbian highway, state-run RTS television reported.
The accident occurred near Leskovac, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Belgrade, when the van flipped and crashed into a field.
The immigrants entered Serbia from Macedonia and were headed towards EU territory, the report said. Serbia has land borders with three EU countries: Croatia, Hungary and Romania.
The country lies on the so-called Balkans route used by criminals to smuggle people, drugs and weapons towards western Europe.
The accident occurred near Leskovac, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Belgrade, when the van flipped and crashed into a field.
The immigrants entered Serbia from Macedonia and were headed towards EU territory, the report said. Serbia has land borders with three EU countries: Croatia, Hungary and Romania.
The country lies on the so-called Balkans route used by criminals to smuggle people, drugs and weapons towards western Europe.
