At least 53 people dead after lorry smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico

It was one of the worst single-day death tolls for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 people by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas

An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez. Picture: STR via AP

At least 53 people are dead after a lorry loaded with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico.

By late Thursday, the death toll stood at 53, and authorities said at least 54 people had been injured.