Police have saved 12 people, including five children, from inside a lorry after a man called 999 with just one per cent left on his phone.
In the audio, released by Cambridgeshire Police, the man can be heard telling the 999 operator: 'We are dying, can you save us?'
Cambridgeshire Police said officers found the lorry in Alconbury Weald - near Huntingdon - and that the 12 people inside, including children aged between 15 and 17, were unharmed.
In audio of the 999 call the caller says: 'We need help please, ma'am.'
He continues: 'We are dying, can you help us please?'
A lorry on a motorway (stock image). Cambridgeshire Police said officers found the lorry in Alconbury Weald - near Huntingdon - and that the 12 people inside, including children aged between 15 and 17, were unharmed
The operator establishes the man is in the back of a lorry and asks if he knows where the vehicle is.
'We don't know where we are,' the man replies.
The call-handler reassures the man that officers are out trying to look for the lorry.
The man says there are pregnant women inside the lorry, which he said was carrying grapes.
Members of the public replying to the force's social media post praised the call-handler for her calm and professional manner, and police who managed to find the vehicle.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: 'He told us they were banging on the side of the lorry for hours but were unable to alert the driver and that they were cold.'
'The man had just 1% battery left on his phone and was concerned for the welfare of everyone on board.
'Thankfully we managed to locate the lorry in Alconbury Weald and found 12 people, including five children aged between 15 and 17, inside squashed at the top of pallets of fruit.
'Everyone was checked over by the ambulance crew, given food and drink, and we're pleased to say no-one was harmed.'
The force said the driver was 'initially arrested on suspicion of human trafficking but later released with no further action'.
The children were taken into police protection and an investigation continues.
