Emergency services are responding to an incident at Newhaven ferry port this afternoon.
Witnesses say the bodies were taken from the back of the cross-Channel freezer lorry. Some people found alive in the lorry are being treated by paramedics.
The lorry arrived at Newhaven port on a passenger ferry from Dieppe this morning (Friday) and is still being examined on board the ship.
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Authorities were alerted before the ship arrived into Newhaven and emergency services were waiting on the dockside.
The Seven Sisters arrived from Dieppe this morning.
The drive on, Ro-Ro ferry makes the trip from Newhaven to Dieppe daily.
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