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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Fifty-four mostly
Central Americans were killed on Thursday when the truck they
were in flipped over in southern Mexico, in one of the worst
accidents involving migrants who risk their lives to reach the
United States.

The trailer broke open, spilling out people, when the truck
crashed on a sharp curve outside the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez in
the state of Chiapas, according to video footage of the
aftermath and civil protection authorities.

Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escandon said 49 people died at the
scene, and five more while receiving medical attention.

"It took a bend, and because of the weight of us people inside,
we all went with it," said a shocked-looking Guatemalan man
sitting at the scene in footage broadcast on social media.

"The trailer couldn't handle the weight of people."

More than 100 people were inside the trailer, authorities said.
Several dozen were injured and taken to hospitals in Chiapas,
which borders Guatemala. Dozens of Guatemalan migrants were
named in lists of the injured published on social media.

A Reuters witness heard cries and sobs among survivors as
emergency personnel rushed to the site of where the overturned
truck shuddered to a halt by a highway footbridge.

Reuters images showed a white trailer on its side, with injured
people splayed out on tarps on the ground. There were also rows
of what appeared to be bodies wrapped in white cloth.

A video of the scene streamed on social media showed a woman
holding a child wailing in her lap, both covered in blood.
Another video showed a man curled up in pain inside the
destroyed trailer, hardly moving as helpers pulled out bodies.

Men, women and children were among the dead, the Chiapas state
government said, and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on
Twitter expressed his sorrow at the "very painful" incident.

'NOT THE BEST WAY'

Migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Central America
typically trek through Mexico to reach the U.S. border, and
sometimes cram into large trucks organized by smugglers in
extremely dangerous conditions.

"This shows us that irregular migration is not the best way,"
Kevin Lopez, a spokesman for Guatemala's presidency, told
Milenio television after the accident.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/least-49-people-killed- mexico-trailer-accident-officials-say-2021-12-09/

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