Mexico truck crash: At least 54 people killed as trailer overturns

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At least 54 people have been killed and scores more injured after the truck they were being transported in crashed in southern Mexico, authorities say. It is one of the worst accidents of its kind in Mexico. Forty-nine people were confirmed dead at the scene and five more died in hospital, Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escandón said.

More than 150 people, said to be migrants from Central America, were crammed into the truck's trailer when it rolled in the state of Chiapas.

Emergency officials said the victims included men, women and children. Most of the people on board were from Guatemala, but there were others from Honduras, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.

The truck was reportedly speeding when it flipped on a sharp bend and hit a pedestrian bridge on a main road leading to the Chiapas state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, at about 15:30 local time on Thursday. Chiapas, which neighbours Guatemala, is a major transit point for undocumented migrants.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59603801

[jimfields33]

1. 150 people in a truck.

Mexico needs to put a limit on the number of people in a truck. This is ridiculous. I know we can’t dictate rules for other countries but perhaps threaten to take away aid or something will change their negligent laws.

[ripcord]

2. Passengers in the back of tractor trailers is against the law in Mexico

There people were smuggling immigrants and are not really worried about the law.

[Rocknation]

3. I thought it was one of those chain reaction pileups

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as a result of the trailer being struck by multiple vehicles crashing into it after it overturned. So the headline should have actually have been "54 of 150 In Truck Trailer Killed When It Overturns"?

Rocknation

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