54 pass away in Mexico after truck strained with individuals overturns

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    TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, MEXICO - DECEMBER 09: Mexican national guard officers work in the area after a traffic accident that killed migrants from Central America on December 9, 2021 in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. A truck accident leaves at least 49 people dead and dozens injured according to authorities. Most of the victims are believed to be migrants from Central American who were travelling on a truck that rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge. (Photo by Alfredo Pacheco/Getty Images)

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    Around 200 Central Americans remained in the truck, making a journey through Mexico to enter into the United States (Pictures: Getty)

    At least 54 were eliminated and 40 more were seriously hurt when a people-smuggling truck turned over inMexico

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    Some 200 Central Americans, supposedly consisting of a number of kids, were believed to have actually paid thousands to be driven through Mexico in an unlawful journey to the United States.

    But lots were eliminated or left seriously hurt after a terrible crash the other day.

    The overloaded truck fell while switching on a sharp bend in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, in southernMexico

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    The effect of the crash was so severe, the guts container at the back of the truck came loose from the lorry and burst open. The truck was created to move freight and would likely have actually been risky for individuals.

    Horrific scenes unfolded as dead bodies were set out onto plastic sheets on the side of the highway and others were hurried to medical facility.

    Mexican authorities have actually verified 54 individuals were eliminated– the worst single-day migrant death tolls considering that 72 individuals were massacred by the Zetas drug cartel in2010

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    It is unofficial whether the truck’s chauffeur endured however regional media has actually reported he ran away the scene to prevent being jailed.

    Bodies wrapped in plastic, laid on the side of the highway in Mexico. A lorry smuggling migrants into Mexico flipped while driving through the city Tuxtla Gutierrez, presumably on an illegal journey to the US.

    Volunteer rescuers and paramedics raised head bodies and laid them out on the side of the highway (Picture: Getty Images)

    Paramedics assist a man injured in a trailer accident that left at least 49 people dead, most of them migrants from Central America, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiapas state, Mexico December 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jacob Garcia

    Many have actually been required to medical facility with severe injuries while 3 have actually been classified as seriously hurt (Picture: Reuters)

    TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, MEXICO - DECEMBER 09: People observe a truck that rolled over after a traffic accident that was transporting migrants from Central America on December 9, 2021 in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. A truck accident leaves at least 49 people dead and dozens injured according to authorities. Most of the victims are believed to be migrants from Central American who were travelling on a truck that rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge. (Photo by Alfredo Pacheco/Getty Images)

    The overloaded truck turned over while reversing a sharp bend (Picture: Getty)

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    At least 40 individuals were required to medical facility with severe injuries, according to Luis Manuel Moreno– the head of the civil defence workplace for Chiapas, the state where Tuxtla Gutierrez lies.

    So far, 3 individuals have actually been classified as seriously hurt.

    Others who had actually been injured did not wish to run the risk of being deported and fled from the scene, according to paramedics who saw individuals hopping off.

    Most of the guests were from Honduras and Guatemala, it is thought. They supposedly paid in between ₤ 1,900 and ₤ 2,600 for the journey to Mexico’s main state Puebla.

    Survivor Celso Pacheco, from Guatemala, informed regional media it seemed like the chauffeur was going too quick to keep control of the very heavy truck.

    Mr Pacheco stated he was attempting to get to the United States today anticipates to be deported back house.

    Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei composed on Twitter: ‘I deeply regret the tragedy in Chiapas state, and I express my solidarity for the victims’ households, to whom we will use all the needed consular help, consisting of repatriation.’

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