A tragic incident happened in southern Mexico, after a cargo truck clandestinely carrying several people aboard overturned on a highway, killing 10 migrants and over 25 others were injured, said media reports.
The incident took place in the wee hours of Sunday in the Mexican state of Chiapas near the border with Guatemala.
10 migrants dead, 25 injured in Mexico truck accident, reports AFP quoting officials
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The truck was irregularly transporting 27 Cuban nationals on the Pijijiapan-Tonalá highway in the southern state of Chiapas when the accident occurred, CNN reported citing a statement from Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM).
As per the initial reports, the driver had been speeding and had lost control of the vehicle, fleeing immediately from the scene after it overturned, said the officials.
The deceased were female, including a minor. The injured are being treated in a hospital, said the officials.
In a statement, CNN quoted, “The INM will establish communication with the consular authorities to initiate the administrative process for the repatriation of the bodies to their country of origin and is aware of the evolution of the health status of those seriously injured.”
This is the second fatal crash in less than two weeks involving migrants in Mexico. Earlier on Thursday, two migrants died when a truck overturned in the municipality of Mezcalapa, also in Chiapas state, said media reports.
Notably, the migrants from Central America and the Caribbean sometimes travel through Mexico in trucks and trailers in the hope of reaching the United States.
Moreover, in 2021, nearly 55 people were killed and more than 100 were injured when a truck also believed to be carrying migrants overturned in Chiapas state, which borders Guatemala, CNN reported.
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