A truck that was smuggling mostly Central American people flipped over in southern Mexico, killing dozens, officials said on Friday. Rutilio Escandon, the governor of the state of Chiapas where the crash occurred, confirmed Friday that the death toll rose to 55. Previously, he confirmed that about 105 people were injured, and Mexico’s attorney general said Thursday that three victims were “seriously injured.’ Escandon and other officials said that more than 100 people were inside the trailer when it flipped on Thursday evening. Men, women, and children were among the dead ad injured, the Chiapas state government confirmed to Reuters. “It took a bend, and because of the weight of us people inside, we all went with it,” one man who witnessed the incident was quoted by Reuters as saying. A local newspaper reported that the truck hit a retaining wall before smashing into a pedestrian bridge. President Andres Manuel …
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