A man has died after trying to board a UK-bound freight shuttle near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel at Calais, the tenth migrant to be killed in or near the tunnel since late June, reports The Telegraph.
"The individual died after he was electrocuted trying to climb on to the freight car" late on Thursday evening, a local official said.
The man, believed to be a Syrian national, was one of the estimated 3,000 migrants mostly from Africa, Afghanistan and Syria, living in makeshift camps in Calais as they try to board lorries or trains travelling to Britain.
"We deplore this event which proves once again that any attempt to cross the Channel illegally carries considerable risks," said a spokeswoman for Eurotunnel, which operates the cross-Channel link.
Eurotunnel said a shuttle train was stopped shortly after leaving the platform in Calais due to migrants on the tracks at around 10.20pm on Thursday.
The migrant was found dead shortly before midnight.
Eurostar, which operates passenger trains through the tunnel, said its services were unaffected by the latest incident, which came at a time when thousands of French supporters are making their way to Britain for the start of the Rugby World Cup.
The Channel Tunnel was briefly closed on several occasions this summer as migrants tried to climb onto trains in a desperate attempt to reach England.