MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gas tanker truck exploded and burned multiple vehicles under a Mexico City highway overpass Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 70 others, some with their entire bodies charred and others waiting for help in the road with burns and torn clothing.

The crash on a major highway sent flames and smoke billowing over the south of the capital.

Mayor Clara Brugada called the explosion an “emergency” that burned 18 vehicles and left 19 of those injured in grave condition. Among those injured were a baby and a 2-year-old child.

Brugada said prosecutors were investigating, but it appeared that the truck exploded after it tipped over on the highway.

“This is a horrible accident,” the mayor said at the site of the explosion.

Images circulated online by authorities sho

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