The migrant was killed on the A16 near Calais (Picture: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

A British driver has been released without charge after a migrant was run down and killed on a motorway near Calais.

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The driver, who has not been named, is understood to have handed himself into border police near the Channel Tunnel after the incident on Sunday night.

The Eritrean migrant was struck at around 8.30pm on the A16 and died from his injuries at around 11pm. His wife was also injured and is in hospital recovering from non-life threatening injuries.

It is believed the motorist swerved to try and avoid a gang who were trying to stop traffic on the busy road.


The A16 is one of the busiest roads near Calais (Picture: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

But prosecutor for Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pascal Marconville, said when he stopped to help ‘he was violently attacked by several migrants and preferred to leave.’



The driver tested negative for alcohol and drugs and his testament suggested the incident was an accident.

The incident took place on junction 46 on the A16.

Some 14 migrants from the Calais area have died since the beginning of the year, with a number related to traffic incidents.

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