49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico

At least 49 people died after a cargo truck jammed with people rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge on a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday.

A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge on a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly five dozen others, authorities reported.

Luis Manuel Moreno, the head of the Chiapas state civil defense office, said a preliminary estimate listed 49 dead and 58 injured. He said about 40 injured had serious wounds and were taken to local hospitals.