At least 54 people have been killed and scores more injured in a truck crash in southern Mexico.
The accident occurred when the truck, transporting migrants from Central America, crashed in southern Mexico.
More than 150 people were on board of the truck’s trailer when it rolled in the state of Chiapas.
Pictures from the crash scene show 54 people strewn across the road next to the overturned truck.
There were also rows of bodies in white sheets.
It is one of the worst accidents of its kind in Mexico. Forty-nine people dead at the scene and five more died in hospital, Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escandón said.
Some 105 people – 83 men and 22 women – suffered different injuuries in the crash, he said.
The US-Mexico border is the deadliest single crossing in the world according to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This year alone, at least 650 people have died trying to cross the border – more than in any other year since IOM’s records began.
There are also many deaths on the perilous journey towards the border, however these are harder to accurately document, the IOM said in a statement.
Mexico’s President described the crash as “very painful” and wrote on Twitter that he “deeply regrets the tragedy”.
