The terrible truck crash in Mexico killed 55 immigrants and injured more than a hundred people. From their hospital beds, the survivors told how their position in the truck determined who was alive and who died.

Survivors say that those who are unfortunately hit on the fragile walls of freight containers will almost certainly die. When the container turned over on the road, the people crowded in the crowd survived, and their fellow immigrants provided them with a buffer.

A young immigrant from Guatemala was receiving treatment for a broken arm in a local hospital. He said: "The deceased was the one leaning against the trailer wall." "Thankfully, we are in the middle, but the people on both sides are dead."

The immigrant, who declined to be named because he did not have proper documents in Mexico, described the terrible scene of screaming and bleeding after a truck hit the bottom of a steel pedestrian bridge on Thursday night. He said there were about 250 immigrants on board.

First of all, the living must be freed from the entangled corpses and dying corpses.

"They fell on me, and two or three fellow immigrants fell on me," the young man said.

Then came the grim task of trying to pull out the wounded.

The survivor said: "When I went out, another fellow immigrant was yelling." "He was yelling at me, and I took him, pulled him out, and put him on the side of the road, but he died. "

The young man said that the whereabouts of the truck driver was unknown, and he drove into a sharp bend at high speed and lost control.

This is one of the deadliest days for Mexican immigrants since the Zetas cartel massacred 72 people in the northern state of Tamaulipas in 2010.

Although the Mexican government tried to reassure the United States by blocking the caravans of walking migrants and allowing the resumption of the "stay in Mexico" policy, it has been unable to stop the flood of hundreds of migrants being stuffed into trucks run by smugglers. Charge thousands of dollars to the U.S. border-these trips often only lead to their deaths.

The head of the Mexican National Guard, Luis Rodriguez Bucio, stated that the truck somehow managed to avoid any roadside checkpoints set up by the National Guard and immigration authorities to Seized such smuggling activities.

Soon after the accident, Celso Pacheco, an immigrant from Guatemala, was stunned sitting next to the overturned trailer. He said that the truck felt like it was speeding and then seemed to lose control.

He said that most of the boats were from Guatemala and Honduras, and it was estimated that there were 8 to 10 young children. He said he is trying to reach the United States, but is now expected to be deported to Guatemala. Authorities said immigrants from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Mexico were also on board.

Those who spoke to the survivors said they said they boarded a truck in Mexico near the border with Guatemala and paid between US$2,500 and US$3,500 before being taken to the state of Puebla in central Mexico. Once there, they will probably sign a contract with another group of smugglers to take them to the U.S. border.

Andres, an immigrant from Izabal, Guatemala, said he and his brother-in-law decided to go on a dangerous trip to the northern United States together. Andres was thrown from the truck because it rolled and shattered. His brother-in-law died in the wreckage.

"We decided to come together and we cheer for each other," Andres said. "But now, the scary thing is that he won't come back alive with me."

Despite its warning effect, more immigrants continue to migrate to the United States.

On Thursday, after the accident, a group of nearly 400 mainly Central American immigrants walked on the highway to Mexico City, ignoring the demands of immigration agents and the National Guard to surrender.

Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador blamed poverty and lack of jobs for compelling people to migrate.

"We have always insisted that the reasons for these unfortunate events must be resolved," said Lopez Obrador, who said he has been urging the US government to invest in development plans in Central America. Lopez Obrador said that the US government is making slow progress on this issue.

After a car accident in the southern state of Chiapas, the person most injured in the accident was carried onto a plastic sheet on the road. Those who could walk were taken to the same sheet and were stunned. Ambulances, cars and pickup trucks were forced to take the injured to the hospital. Later, the dead were covered in white sheets side by side on the highway.

Rescuers said that other immigrants who were in the truck when the truck crashed fled because of fear of being detained by the Immigration Service. A paramedic said that some people who rushed to the neighborhood in a hurry had bleeding or bruises, but still limped and fled.

Immigrants involved in serious accidents are usually allowed to stay in Mexico at least temporarily because they are regarded as witnesses and victims of crimes. The National Institute of Immigration of Mexico stated that it will provide humanitarian visas to survivors.

The agency also stated that the Mexican government will help determine the identity of the deceased and pay for funeral expenses or repatriation of remains.

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