Mexico clashes: 54 killed,100+ injured after a truck overturned. The news of the destructive accident that happened in southern Mexico on Thursday has been a tragedy ever since the event.
54 were confirmed dead and more than 100 injured when a truck fell and turned over. Most victims of the accident were allegedly said to be migrants from the central America. This is in accordance to local authorities from Mexico.
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The accident took place in Mexico’s Chiapas state, which borders Guatemala as of the time of the accident.
A truck carrying dozens of migrants crashed.
People were seen spilled out on the road next to a white trailer that was open.
The vehicle crashed on a tight sharp bend outside the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, the Chiapas state capital.
Children, women and men were among the dead, Reuters reported, citing the Chiapas state government.
A witness said they heard sobs from survivors as rescue workers arrived at the site of the crash, by a highway footbridge.
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