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At least 38 killed after Haiti bus plows into parade
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Sun Mar 12, 2017 | 3:54pm EDT
At least 38 killed after Haiti bus plows into parade
At least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured in northern Haiti late on Saturday after a bus drove into a parade of pedestrians while fleeing from an accident, the country's civil protection authorities said on Sunday.
The bus, which was traveling from Cap Haitien to the capital Port-au-Prince, initially hit two people in a town outside Gonaives in the north of the country, killing one, said Joseph Faustin, civil protection head in the Artibonite department.
The bus driver then fled and crashed into three "rara" parades in Mapou, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) away, Faustin said.
Rara parades, which usually take place around Easter, are groupings of musicians playing traditional instruments who are often joined by passers-by.
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At least 38 killed after Haiti bus plows into parade
At least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured in northern Haiti late on Saturday after a bus drove into a parade of pedestrians while fleeing from an accident, the country's civil protection authorities said on Sunday.
The bus, which was traveling from Cap Haitien to the capital Port-au-Prince, initially hit two people in a town outside Gonaives in the north of the country, killing one, said Joseph Faustin, civil protection head in the Artibonite department.
The bus driver then fled and crashed into three "rara" parades in Mapou, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) away, Faustin said.
Rara parades, which usually take place around Easter, are groupings of musicians playing traditional instruments who are often joined by passers-by.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-crash-idUSKBN16J0UZ
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