A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 54 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 53 dead and 54 injured. He said about 21 of the injured had serious wounds and were taken to local hospitals.

The crash occurred on a highway leading toward the Chiapas state capital. Photos from the scene showed victims strewn across the pavement and inside the truck's freight compartment.

Later, rescue workers arranged the dead in rows of white plastic body bags, side by side, on the asphalt.

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