Migrants are treated by first responders following a crash on a highway in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz state, Mexico, February 4, 2020 in this screen grab taken from video. Tamara Corro/Reuters TV via REUTERS
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - One person died and 81 others were injured on Tuesday when a truck crammed with Central American migrants flipped over in Southern Mexico on a highway that leads to the United States, according to officials in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
It was not immediately clear what caused the accident near the southeastern city of San Andres Tuxtla, about 515 kilometres (320 miles) from Mexico City, on the Carretera 180 highway snaking up to Texas.
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